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The Australian Consumer Law was developed by agreement of the Council of Australian Governments. [3]The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (referred to as Australian Consumer Law) was enacted into legislation by the Parliament of Australia to provide a more robust framework of protection for consumer transactions within Australia.
The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) [1] is an Act of the Parliament of Australia.Prior to 1 January 2011, it was known as the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA). [2] The Act is the legislative vehicle for competition law in Australia, and seeks to promote competition, fair trading as well as providing protection for consumers.
An automatic renewal clause is used in the insurance and healthcare industries . An automatic renewal clause (also referred to as an evergreen clause), is activated towards the end of the contractual period whereby it automatically renews the terms of an agreement except when the contract is terminated (through mutual agreement or contract breach), or one of the contracting parties has sent a ...
The ACCC administers the Competition and Consumer Act, and has standing to take action in the Federal Court of Australia to enforce its provision. [8] The Competition and Consumer Act contains a broad range of provisions, such as provisions on anti-competitive conduct, the Australian Consumer Law and regulation of telecommunications and energy industries. [9]
Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) is a government agency that protects and promotes the interests of consumers and is based in the Australian state of Victoria.It is responsible for reviewing and advising the Victorian Government on consumer legislation and industry codes; advising and educating consumers, tenants, traders and landlords on their rights, responsibilities and changes to the law ...
CHOICE also campaigns on behalf of consumers and is a representative on many national and state-based government committees, councils and independent bodies related to consumer rights and issues including food regulation and labelling, health and financial services, telecommunications and digital technology, standards codes, ecologically sustainable development and the environment.
This is a wide-reaching reform of the regulation of the consumer credit in Australia. Previously, consumer credit was regulated at state level amongst each of the states but it was agreed at a COAG meeting that this area of the law should be reformed as a result of the 2007–2008 financial crisis and on a constitutional level, this was made ...
Misleading or deceptive conduct (often referred to as just misleading conduct) is a doctrine of Australian law.. Section 18 of the Australian Consumer Law, [1] which is found in schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, [2] [3] prohibits conduct by corporations in trade or commerce which is misleading or deceptive or is likely to mislead or deceive.