Cartels | Immunity
Overview
The ACCC and has developed a policy to encourage cooperation and, in the case of cartels, an immunity policy to encourage whistleblowers.
- ACCC, Immunity Cooperation Policy for Cartel Conduct 2014 (replaces 2009 policy)
- DPP, Prosecution Policy of the Commonwealth (see Annexure 2) (updated 9 September 2014)
- ACCC, Cooperation Policy for Enforcement Matters (July 2002)
See also MOU between CDPP and ACCC
For more details on the immunity and cooperation policy see the separate immunity page.
On 4 August 2017 the ACCC announced it would be conducting another review of its cartel immunity and cooperation policy in light of recent experiences with criminal cartel investigations: Rod Sims, Law Council of Australia Speech, 4 August 2017.
