Who is responsible for administering and enforcing the provisions of the ACL?

At the Commonwealth level, the ACL is administered by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). In each state and territory, the ACL is administered by the relevant consumer law agency.

The ACL empowers a 'regulator' to carry out various functions, such as issuing public warning notices. At the Commonwealth level, the regulator is the ACCC. The states and territories are required to identify their own regulators in their respective application laws.

Cases that arise under the provisions of the ACL can be brought to trial in either Commonwealth, state or territory courts.