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NSW Fair Trading is a division of the New South Wales State Government's Department of Customer Service in Australia. The division's focus is to create a fair, safe and equitable marketplace in New South Wales. It investigates allegations of unfair business practices, and regulates goods sold in New South Wales.
The Registrar of Co-Operative Societies was established under the Building and Co-operative Societies Act 1901. [2] The Registrar of Co-operative Societies could inquire into the working and financial condition of a society or authorise any public servant, accountant, or actuary to inspect any minutes or books or to examine into, and report upon, the affairs of a society.
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.
The Department of Customer Service is a department of the New South Wales Government that functions as a service provider to support sustainable government finances, major public works and maintenance programs, government procurement, information and communications technology, corporate and shared services, consumer protection, and land and property administration of the government in New ...
The tribunal's jurisdiction also included a number of stand-alone adjudicative functions, such as the jurisdiction of the Director-General of the Department of Fair Trading and the Motor Vehicle Repair Disputes Committee to deal with disputes between consumers and motor dealers; the jurisdiction conferred on the Director-General of the ...
Historically the States and Territories of Australia were responsible for their own legislation protecting the sale of goods, known as the Trade Practices Act 1974, where the Australian Consumer Law expands on provisions of the fair trading legislation in each state and territory to a national legislation covering the provision of goods and ...
Fair trading may refer to: Fair Trading Act (disambiguation) NSW Fair Trading , a division of the Department of Customer Service of the New South Wales state government
Misleading or deceptive conduct (often referred to as just misleading conduct) is a doctrine of Australian law.. Section 18 of the Australian Consumer Law, [1] which is found in schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, [2] [3] prohibits conduct by corporations in trade or commerce which is misleading or deceptive or is likely to mislead or deceive.