Section 45AL — Competition and Consumer Act 2010: Conduct notified

(1) Sections 45AF, 45AG, 45AJ and 45AK do not apply to a corporation in relation to a contract, arrangement or understanding containing a cartel provision, in so far as: (a) the cartel provision: (i) has the purpose, or has or is likely to have the effect, mentioned in subsection 45AD(2); or (ii) has the purpose mentioned in a paragraph of subsection 45AD(3) other than paragraph (c); and (b) the corporation has given the Commission a collective bargaining notice under subsection 93AB(1A) setting out particulars of the contract, arrangement or understanding; and (c) the notice is in force under section 93AD. Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (1) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code and subsection (2) of this section). (2) A person who wishes to rely on subsection (1) in relation to a contravention of section 45AJ or 45AK bears an evidential burden in relation to that matter.