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Australia by:

      (g) bodies corporate incorporated or carrying on business within Australia; or

      (h) Australian citizens; or

      (i) persons ordinarily resident within Australia.

      (1A) In addition to the extended operation that section 46A has by virtue of subsection (1), that section extends to the engaging in conduct outside Australia by:

      (a) New Zealand and New Zealand Crown corporations; or

      (b) bodies corporate carrying on business within New Zealand; or

      (c) persons ordinarily resident within New Zealand.

      (2) In addition to the extended operation that sections 47 and 48 have by virtue of subsection (1), those sections extend to the engaging in conduct outside Australia by any persons in relation to the supply by those persons of goods or services to persons within Australia.

      (3) Where a claim under section 82, or under section 236 of the Australian Consumer Law, is made in a proceeding, a person is not entitled to rely at a hearing in respect of that proceeding on conduct to which a provision of this Act extends by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) of this section except with the consent in writing of the Minister.

      (4) A person other than the Minister, the Commission or the Director of Public Prosecutions is not entitled to make an application to the Court for an order under subsection 87(1) or (1A), or under subsection 237(1) or 238(1) of the Australian Consumer Law, in a proceeding in respect of conduct to which a provision of this Act extends by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) of this section except with the consent in writing of the Minister.

      (5) The Minister shall give a consent under subsection (3) or (4) in respect of a proceeding unless, in the opinion of the Minister:

      (a) the law of the country in which the conduct concerned was engaged in required or specifically authorised the engaging in of the conduct; and

      (b) it is not in the national interest that the consent be given.

      6 Extended application of this Act to persons who are not corporations [see Note 2]

      (1) Without prejudice to its effect apart from this section, this Act also has effect as provided by this section.

      (2) This Act, other than Parts IIIA, VIIA and X, has, by force of this subsection, the effect it would have if:

      (a) any references in this Act other than in section 45DB, or section 33 or 155 of the Australian Consumer Law, to trade or commerce were, by express provision, confined to trade or commerce:

      (i) between Australia and places outside Australia; or

      (ii) among the States; or

      (iii) within a Territory, between a State and a Territory or between two Territories; or

      (iv) by way of the supply of goods or services to the Commonwealth or an authority or instrumentality of the Commonwealth; and

      (b) the following provisions:

      (i) sections 44ZZRF, 44ZZRG, 44ZZRJ, 44ZZRK, 45, 45B, 45D to 45EB (other than section 45DB), 46 and 46A;

      (ii) Part VIII;

      (iii) sections 31 and 43, Division 3 of Part 3–1, and sections 50, 153, 163, 164 and 168, of the Australian Consumer Law;

      were, by express provision, confined in their operation to engaging in conduct to the extent to which the conduct takes place in the course of or in relation to:

      (iv) trade or commerce between Australia and places outside Australia; or

      (v) trade or commerce among the States; or

      (vi) trade or commerce within a Territory, between a State and a Territory or between 2 Territories; or

      (vii) the supply of goods or services to the Commonwealth or an authority or instrumentality of the Commonwealth; and

      (c) any reference in Division 1 of Part 3–2 of the Australian Consumer Law to a contract for the supply of goods or services and any reference in Part 3–5 or 5–4 of the Australian Consumer Law to the supply of goods or services, were, by express provision, confined to a contract made, or the supply of goods or services, as the case may be:

      (i) in the course of, or in relation to, trade or commerce between Australia and places outside Australia; or

      (ii) in the course of, or in relation to, trade or commerce among the States; or

      (iii) in the course of, or in relation to, trade or commerce within a Territory, between a State and a Territory or between two Territories; and

      (ca) any reference in Part 2–3 of the Australian Consumer Law to a contract were, by express provision, confined to a contract made:

      (i) in the course of, or in relation to, trade or commerce between Australia and places outside Australia; or

      (ii) in the course of, or in relation to, trade or commerce among the States; or

      (iii) in the course of, or in relation to, trade or commerce within a Territory, between a State and a Territory or between two Territories; and

      (d) in subsection 45(1) and subparagraph 87(3)(a)(i) the words “in so far as it confers rights or benefits or imposes duties or obligations on a corporation” were omitted; and

      (e) in subsection 45B(1) and subparagraph 87(3)(a)(ii) the words “in so far as it confers rights or benefits or imposes duties or obligations on a corporation or on a person associated with a corporation” were omitted; and

      (ea) subsections 45D(3), 45D(4) and 45DA(3) were repealed, the words “In the circumstances specified in subsections (3) and (4)” were omitted from subsection 45D(1) and the words “In the circumstances specified in subsection (3)” were omitted from subsection 45DA(1); and

      (eb) the second sentence in subsection 45E(1) were omitted; and

      (g) subsection 96(2) were omitted; and

      (h) subject to paragraphs (d), (e), (ea), (eb) and (g), a reference in this Act to a corporation, except a reference in section 4, 48, 49, 50, 50A, 77A, 81, 151AE or 151AJ or in section 229 of the Australian Consumer Law, included a reference to a person not being a corporation.

      (2A) So far as subsection (2) relates to Part IV, that subsection has effect in relation to a participating Territory as if the words “within a Territory,” were omitted from subparagraphs (2)(a)(iii) and (2)(b)(iii). For this purpose, participating Territory means a Territory that is a participating Territory within the meaning of Part XIA but is not named in a notice in operation under section 150K.

      (2C) In addition to the effect that this Act (other than Parts IIIA, VIIA and X) has as provided by another subsection of this section, this Act (other than Parts IIIA, VIIA and X) has, by force of this subsection, the effect it would have if:

      (a) the reference in paragraph 44ZZRD(2)(c) to goods or services supplied, or likely to be supplied, were, by express provision, confined to goods or services supplied, or likely to be supplied, to corporations or classes of corporations; and

      (b) the reference in paragraph 44ZZRD(2)(d) to goods or services acquired, or likely to be acquired, were, by express provision, confined to goods or services acquired, or likely to be acquired, from corporations or classes of corporations; and

      (c) the reference in paragraph 44ZZRD(2)(e) to goods or services re-supplied, or likely to be re-supplied, were, by express provision, confined to goods or services re-supplied, or likely to be re-supplied, to corporations or classes of corporations; and

      (d) the reference in paragraph 44ZZRD(2)(f) to goods or services likely to be re-supplied were, by express provision, confined to goods or services likely to be re-supplied to corporations or classes of corporations; and

      (e) the following paragraphs were added at the end of subsection 44ZZRD(2):

      “; or (g) goods or services re-supplied, or likely to

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