Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

E348608

competition regulator consumer protection agency statutory authority

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is Australia’s national competition and consumer protection regulator, responsible for enforcing laws that promote fair trading, competition, and consumer rights.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission canonical	13
ACCC	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	competition regulator ⓘ consumer protection agency ⓘ statutory authority ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Australian Securities and Investments Commission ⓘ overseas competition and consumer regulators ⓘ state and territory consumer protection agencies ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
enforces	Competition and Consumer Act 2010 ⓘ surface form: Australian Consumer Law Competition and Consumer Act 2010 ⓘ cartel provisions of competition law ⓘ misleading or deceptive conduct provisions ⓘ product safety standards ⓘ unconscionable conduct provisions ⓘ
formedFrom	merger of Trade Practices Commission and Prices Surveillance Authority ⓘ
hasChair	Gina Cass-Gottlieb ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context) ⓘ surface form: Australian Capital Territory Canberra ⓘ
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Competition and Consumer Act 2010 ⓘ
oversees	Australian Energy Regulator ⓘ
parentAgency	Treasury portfolio ⓘ
power	accept court-enforceable undertakings ⓘ institute court proceedings ⓘ issue infringement notices ⓘ seek penalties and remedies in court ⓘ
predecessor	Prices Surveillance Authority ⓘ Trade Practices Commission ⓘ
reportsTo	Parliament of Australia ⓘ
responsibility	cartel enforcement ⓘ competition law enforcement ⓘ consumer guarantees enforcement ⓘ consumer protection enforcement ⓘ fair trading enforcement ⓘ merger control ⓘ misuse of market power enforcement ⓘ product safety regulation ⓘ regulation of energy networks ⓘ regulation of national infrastructure markets ⓘ regulation of postal services competition aspects ⓘ regulation of telecommunications competition aspects ⓘ regulation of water infrastructure in some jurisdictions ⓘ unfair contract terms enforcement ⓘ
role	promote competition ⓘ promote fair trading ⓘ protect consumers ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
shortName	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ACCC
website	https://www.accc.gov.au ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Payments System Board → worksWith → Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ

ASIC → worksAlongside → Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ

Treasury (Australia) → oversees → Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ

Commonwealth agencies → include → Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ

Treasurer of Australia → oversees → Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ

Australian Government portfolio of the Treasurer → oversees → Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission → shortName → Australian Competition and Consumer Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ACCC

The Australian Financial System → hasKeyInstitution → Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ

subject surface form: Australian Financial System

The Australian Financial System → hasRegulator → Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ

subject surface form: Australian Financial System

The Australian Financial System → consumerProtectionBody → Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ

subject surface form: Australian Financial System

Competition and Consumer Act 2010 → primaryEnforcementBody → Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ

Competition and Consumer Act 2010 → administeredBy → Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ

Foreign Investment Review Board → worksWith → Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ

Optus → regulatedBy → Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ