Spam Act 2003
E948520
The Spam Act 2003 is an Australian law that regulates commercial electronic messaging, prohibiting unsolicited spam emails and texts and setting rules for consent and sender identification.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spam Act 2003 canonical | 3 |
| Spam Act | 1 |
| Spam Act 2003 (Cth) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11825169 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spam Act 2003 Context triple: [Australian Communications and Media Authority, enforces, Spam Act 2003]
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A.
CAN-SPAM Act
The CAN-SPAM Act is a U.S. law that sets rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for sending marketing messages, and gives recipients the right to stop receiving them, with enforcement by agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission.
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B.
Communications Act 2003
The Communications Act 2003 is a major UK law that overhauled regulation of broadcasting and telecommunications, creating a unified framework for electronic communications and media services.
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C.
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 is an Australian federal law that regulates competition, fair trading, and consumer protection, enforced primarily by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
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D.
Enterprise Act 2002
The Enterprise Act 2002 is a major UK competition and consumer protection law that overhauled merger control, strengthened anti-cartel enforcement, and reformed insolvency and enterprise policy.
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E.
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
The Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 is an Australian federal law that regulates when and how government agencies can lawfully intercept and access telecommunications for law enforcement and national security purposes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spam Act 2003 Target entity description: The Spam Act 2003 is an Australian law that regulates commercial electronic messaging, prohibiting unsolicited spam emails and texts and setting rules for consent and sender identification.
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A.
CAN-SPAM Act
The CAN-SPAM Act is a U.S. law that sets rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for sending marketing messages, and gives recipients the right to stop receiving them, with enforcement by agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission.
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B.
Communications Act 2003
The Communications Act 2003 is a major UK law that overhauled regulation of broadcasting and telecommunications, creating a unified framework for electronic communications and media services.
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C.
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 is an Australian federal law that regulates competition, fair trading, and consumer protection, enforced primarily by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
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D.
Enterprise Act 2002
The Enterprise Act 2002 is a major UK competition and consumer protection law that overhauled merger control, strengthened anti-cartel enforcement, and reformed insolvency and enterprise policy.
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E.
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
The Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 is an Australian federal law that regulates when and how government agencies can lawfully intercept and access telecommunications for law enforcement and national security purposes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian federal statute
ⓘ
anti-spam law ⓘ |
| acronym |
Spam Act
ⓘ
linked to:
Spam Act 2003
|
| administeredBy | Australian Communications and Media Authority ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Australian-based senders of commercial electronic messages
ⓘ
overseas senders with an Australian link ⓘ |
| citation |
Spam Act 2003 (Cth)
ⓘ
linked to:
Spam Act 2003
|
| commencementDate | 2004-04-10 ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| defines |
Australian link
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commercial electronic message ⓘ consent ⓘ express consent ⓘ inferred consent ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Australian Communications and Media Authority ⓘ |
| excludes | voice-to-voice telemarketing calls ⓘ |
| exempts | designated commercial electronic messages such as government and charitable messages ⓘ |
| hasURL | https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2023C00135 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
consumer protection law
ⓘ
information technology law ⓘ privacy and data protection ⓘ |
| legislature | Parliament of Australia ⓘ |
| longTitle | An Act about spam, and for related purposes ⓘ |
| partOf | Australian communications and consumer protection framework ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
prohibition of unsolicited commercial electronic messages
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regulation of commercial electronic messages ⓘ |
| prohibits | unsolicited commercial electronic messages with an Australian link ⓘ |
| providesFor |
civil penalties for contraventions
ⓘ
enforceable undertakings ⓘ infringement notices ⓘ injunctions ⓘ |
| regulates |
commercial MMS messages
ⓘ
commercial SMS messages ⓘ commercial electronic messages ⓘ commercial emails ⓘ instant messaging of a commercial nature ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Do Not Call Register Act 2006 ⓘ |
| requires |
functional unsubscribe facility in commercial electronic messages
ⓘ
prior consent for commercial electronic messages ⓘ sender identification in commercial electronic messages ⓘ |
| royalAssentDate | 2003-12-12 ⓘ |
| sectionFocus |
consent requirements for commercial electronic messages
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identification of senders ⓘ unsubscribe facility requirements ⓘ |
| sector | electronic communications regulation ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Spam Act 2003 ⓘ |
| yearOfEnactment | 2003 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Spam Act 2003 Description of subject: The Spam Act 2003 is an Australian law that regulates commercial electronic messaging, prohibiting unsolicited spam emails and texts and setting rules for consent and sender identification.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Spam Act 2003
linked to: Spam Act 2003