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Customer and Product Data Bill

Regulatory and enforcement matters - Civil liability - Declaration of contravention

79: What declaration of contravention must state

You could also call this:

“What a document says when someone breaks the data rules”

The new law being proposed says that when someone breaks the rules about customer and product data, a special document called a ‘declaration of contravention’ needs to be made. This document must say three important things:

First, it needs to tell you which rule was broken.

Second, it has to name the person who broke the rule or helped someone else break it.

Third, it must explain what the person did that broke the rule or how they helped someone else break it.

This helps make sure that everything is clear about what happened when someone didn’t follow the rules.

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Part 4 Regulatory and enforcement matters
Civil liability: Declaration of contravention

79What declaration of contravention must state

  1. A declaration of contravention must state the following:

  2. the provision to which the contravention or involvement in the contravention relates; and
    1. the person that engaged in the contravention or was involved in the contravention; and
      1. the conduct that constituted the contravention or involvement in the contravention.