Review of Australian Consumer Law
Consumer Affairs Australian and New Zealand provided consumer affairs ministers, through the Legislative and Governance Forum on Consumer Affairs, with the Australian Consumer Law Review Final Report in March 2017. Consumer affairs ministers will consider the report in the second half of 2017.
Links to the document are in:
Commentary on the report has been mixed:
“A coalition of not-for-profit organisations under the #fixfundraising banner says the charity sector has been “fobbed off” and relegated to third position in any future reform priorities with the release of the long-awaited review of Australian consumer law (ACL).”
https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2017/04/review-consumer-law-sees-charity-sector-fobbed-off/
“The Turnbull Government is set to squash plans for a “lemon law” which would have given shoppers an automatic right to reject goods that fail within 30 days of purchase.
The proposal, taken from Singapore, emerged last week in the final report of a two-year review by Commonwealth, state and territory fair trading bureaucrats.”
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“Recommendations in the final report of the Australian Consumer Law Review, undertaken by Consumer Affairs Australia and New Zealand, will affect a number of retailers, life insurers and providers of consumer products and services if they are accepted by governments.”
https://www.itwire.com/resellers/77766-consumer-law-review-moots-bigger-fines-for-breaches.html
Australia: Australian Consumer Law review: Final report imminent.
https://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?article_id=587828&signup=true.
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