National consumer law Bill hits Parliament

On 24 June 2009, the Government introduced the Australian Consumer Law Bill into Parliament.  It represents the biggest shake up of Australian consumer law in a long time.

From 1 January 2010, the Government intends that we’ll have a national unfair contract terms law.  ACCC will have power to demand that advertisers positively substantiate any claims they make.  And there’ll be new penalties, enforcement powers and options for compensating consumers.

Stay tuned to CSP Central for plenty of news and expert commentary about the new law.  We already have some detailed comments on one misconceived part of the drafting.

Links

• CSP Central backgrounders
• Parliament home page for the Bill
• Treasury’s information site