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The ACCC administers the Competition and Consumer Act, and has standing to take action in the Federal Court of Australia to enforce its provision. [8] The Competition and Consumer Act contains a broad range of provisions, such as provisions on anti-competitive conduct, the Australian Consumer Law and regulation of telecommunications and energy industries. [9]
The regulations are addressed at youth vaping in Australia, where about 22% of 18-24 year-olds reported using e-cigarettes or vaping devices at least once, data last year showed.
Ad Standards was established in 1998 by the Advertising industry to regulate complaints about advertising in Australia. It started as the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) but was rebranded to Ad Standards in 2018. [4] Ad Standards originally only considered complaints under the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) Code of ...
The Australian Consumer Law was developed by agreement of the Council of Australian Governments. [3]The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (referred to as Australian Consumer Law) was enacted into legislation by the Parliament of Australia to provide a more robust framework of protection for consumer transactions within Australia.
The Corporations Act 2001 sets up a uniform approach to the regulation of financial services through a uniform licensing and disclosure regime. The general regulatory position is that a person (whether an individual or corporate entity) carrying on a financial services business in Australia must, unless exempted, hold an Australian financial services licence (AFSL) issued by ASIC.
The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) [1] is an Act of the Parliament of Australia.Prior to 1 January 2011, it was known as the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA). [2] The Act is the legislative vehicle for competition law in Australia, and seeks to promote competition, fair trading as well as providing protection for consumers.
Lawyers in most Australian states are censored in respect of public statements they are allowed to publish concerning personal injury compensation law. Non-lawyers are also prohibited from publishing statements on the subject in some states. The laws are described as a ban on advertising of personal injury compensation but go much further.
The News Media Bargaining Code (NMBC, or News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) [1] is a law designed to have large technology platforms that operate in Australia pay local news publishers for the news content made available or linked on their platforms.