ACCC Search Warrants Presentation

Check out my ACCC Search Warrants You Tube presentation which provides a practical guide to the legislation, the way in which the ACCC executes search warrants, some practical tips on how to respond and how to prepare for the unfortunate event of being subject to an ACCC search warrant.

I note that whilst the ACCC has only executed 55 search warrants in the period from 2006 (when the power was introduced) to June 2021, there has been a major increase in the ACCC's use of these powers in recent times. In the two year financial period between 2018 and June 2020 just before COVID hit, the ACCC executed 23 search warrants. In other words, 40% of all ACCC search warrants were executed in the last three years with the remaining 60% executed in the 12 year period from 2006 to 2017.

Therefore it seems to me that we can expect a lot more ACCC search warrants in the future once COVID has passed.