John Gerard O'Halloran - s.87B undertaking

The ACCC accepted court enforceable undertakings from Australian Workplace Services Pty Ltd (AWS) in respect of misrepresentations made to small businesses concerning the need for AWS's products.

AWS admitted that its conduct was likely to have breached sections 52, 53(f) and 75AZC(1)(j) of the Trade Practices Act 1974 and sections 18, 29(1)(l) and 151(1)(l) of the Australian Consumer Law.

As the director and day to day manager of AWS, Mr John O'Halloran has provided a separate court enforceable undertaking to the ACCC.

The undertaking requires Mr O'Halloran  not to make, or be directly or indirectly knowingly concerned in, or party to a corporation making representations to consumers that they are required by state or territory workplace health and safety laws to maintain information and/or materials of the same nature as those supplied or offered for supply by AWS, when this is not the case.