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If you make, distribute, import, sell (new or secondhand) or hire household cots then this information is important to you. On 30 June 1998 a new mandatory product safety standard covering childre...
Published: 31st July 1998. Electronic: free.
The Trade Practices Act 1974 requires that businesses provide consumers with accurate information about goods and services. Manufacturers and/or retailers that make false or misleading representati...
Published: 19th January 2010. Electronic: free.
Component pricing is where a business represents the cost of a good or service to consumers in, or as the sum of, multiple component parts. This is a practice commonly used by restaurants, cafés a...
Published: 16th December 2010. Electronic: free.
The Australian Consumer Law (ACL) commenced on 1 January 2011. Under the ACL, consumers will have the same protections and expectations about business conduct no matter where they are in Australia....
Published: 17th December 2010. Electronic: free.
Accurate price representations are not just good advertising practice. The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 requires that your advertising correctly represents the goods you are offering for sale,...
Published: 17th December 2010. Electronic: free.
Under the Trade Practices Act 1974 you are required to ensure that your advertising correctly represents the goods or services you are offering for sale—including its price and any other key feat...
Published: 21st December 2010. Electronic: free.
This guide provides an overview of the rules for fair sales practices. Under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), which is contained in a schedule to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (formerly ...
Published: 23rd December 2010. Electronic: free; Printed: free.
The ACL provides all consumers with certain guarantees when they purchase goods and services. These are known as the consumer guarantees. Consumer guarantees automatically apply regardless of any ...
Published: 4th February 2011. Electronic: free; Printed: free.
In April 2010, a range of consumer protection and fair trading reforms came into effect. These reforms form part of the move towards a single national law, the Australian Consumer Law.
Published: 25th February 2011. Electronic: free.
Under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, you must not make false, misleading or deceptive claims about the price of goods or services. This includes false, misleading or deceptive claims linkin...
Published: 21st March 2012. Electronic: free; Printed: free.
Industry associations play an important role in providing members with information about the impact of the carbon price. A HTML version of this publication is available.
Published: 21st March 2012. Electronic: free; Printed: free.
Under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, you must not make false, misleading or deceptive claims about the price of goods or services. This includes false, misleading or deceptive claims linkin...
Published: 21st March 2012. Electronic: free; Printed: free.
Under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, you must not make false, misleading or deceptive claims about the price of goods or services. This includes false, misleading or deceptive claims linkin...
Published: 21st March 2012. Electronic: free; Printed: free.
This snapshot highlights key points from the ACCC Carbon price claims: Guide for business. A HTML version of this publication is available.
Published: 25th May 2012. Electronic: free; Printed: free.
New laws prohibiting anti-competitive price signalling and information disclosures came into effect on 6 June 2012. The new provisions in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 initially apply only ...
Published: 6th June 2012. Electronic: free.
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