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: Australian Regulatory Compliance ReviewProductivity Commission Report on Consumer Policy: consumer protection law and product safety
The Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs, Chris Bowen MP, has released the Productivity Commission's final report of the Review of Australia's Consumer Policy Framework.
The Productivity Commission's key recommendations include:
- a single national generic consumer law, based on the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA), which would apply in all States and Territories;
- identifying unnecessary or costly consumer regulation that only applies in a few States and Territories, or to one industry, and either removing them or, if justified, introducing nationally consistent rules;
- transferring regulation of credit providers and finance brokers to the Australian Government, with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) as the regulator;
- national laws to tackle unfair terms in consumer contracts;
- a national approach to product safety laws and enforcement; and
- new redress and enforcement powers for consumer regulators, including the ability to seek redress for non-parties, civil pecuniary penalties, banning orders and substantiation notices.
The Commission also recommended an enhanced role for the Australian Government in consumer policy.
The Government will consider the recommendations and, as agreed by the Council of Australian Governments (CoAG), respond formally at the end of October 2008.
Full post as published by Australian Regulatory Compliance Review on May 07, 2008 (boomark / email).
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