Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for ACCC Enforcement) Act 2026

No. 19, 2026

An Act to amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, and for related purposes

Contents

1 Short title 1

2 Commencement 2

3 Schedules 2

Schedule 1—Doubling penalties 3

Part 1—Amendments 3

Competition and Consumer Act 2010 3

Part 2—Application 5

Competition and Consumer Act 2010 5

Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for ACCC Enforcement) Act 2026

No. 19, 2026

An Act to amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, and for related purposes

[Assented to 27 March 2026]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title

This Act is the Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for ACCC Enforcement) Act 2026.
2 Commencement 1

Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information Commencement information Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
1. The whole of this Act The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. 28 March 2026

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

 2

Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedules

Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Doubling penalties

Competition and Consumer Act 2010

 1 Amendments of listed provisions 2 Subparagraph 151BX(3)(a)(i)

Omit “$50 million”, substitute “$100 million”.

 3 Subparagraph 151BX(3)(a)(ii)

Omit “$71 million”, substitute “$121 million”.

 4 At the end of section 151BX

Add:

 7

(7) Section 4AB of the Crimes Act 1914 does not apply to this section.

 5 Amendments of listed provisions—Schedule 1

The provisions of Schedule 1 listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

 6 Amendments of listed provisions—Schedule 2

The provisions of Schedule 2 listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

 7 Application of amendments in items 1 to 4

The amendments made by items 1 to 4 of this Schedule apply in relation to:

on or after the commencement of this Schedule.

Competition and Consumer Act 2010

 a

offences committed; or

 b

contraventions, or acts or omissions, that occurred;

 8 In the appropriate position in Part XIII

Insert:

 193 Application of amendments

The amendments made by item 5 of Schedule 1 to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for ACCC Enforcement) Act 2026 apply in relation to offences committed on or after the commencement of that Schedule.

 9 In the appropriate position in Chapter 6 of Schedule 2

Insert:

 310 Application of amendments relating to penalties

The amendments made by item 6 of Schedule 1 to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for ACCC Enforcement) Act 2026 apply in relation to offences committed, or acts or omissions that occurred, on or after the commencement of that Schedule.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 25 March 2026

Senate on 26 March 2026]

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