Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the amendment be agreed to.

This proposed amendment implements the Senate committee’s recommendation that consent for a person to act as a nominee can be provided only in writing. The effect of the proposed amendment will be that the relevant account holder must nominate a person in writing before that person can either apply to have a number listed on the register or consent to receive a telemarketing call on a number that is on the Do Not Call Register.

Clause 39 of the bill provides that for the purposes of that bill an account holder can nominate an individual to be the account holder’s nominee. A nominee can make an application for a number to be listed on the Do Not Call Register or can consent to receive a telemarketing call on a number that is registered on the Do Not Call Register.

The proposed amendment will provide greater certainty about the relationship between the account holder and the nominee. There will be written evidence that the account holder has nominated another person to register the account holder’s number on the Do Not Call register and/or is able to consent to receive telemarketing calls. This in turn will give a person making a telemarketing call comfort, as the account holder will need to act positively to give effect to the nomination.

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