International Law

Australian Consumer Law: unfair contract terms consultation

The Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs, the Hon Chris Bowen MP, has released for public consultation a consultation paper entitled The Australian Consumer Law: Consultation on draft provisions on unfair contract terms.

The consultation paper:

• attaches the exposure draft of the unfair contract terms provisions in the Australian Consumer Law, and in relation to financial services;
• provides background to the draft provisions; and
• provides an explanation of the draft provisions, and clarifies related issues, for interested parties.

Interested parties are invited to comment on the draft provisions by Friday, 22 May 2009

Full post as published by Australian Regulatory Compliance Review on May 11, 2009 (boomark / email).