Edition 85, December 2010

State contacts for Australian Consumer Law

State contacts for Australian Consumer Law From 1 January 2011, Australia will have a single, national consumer law: the Australian Consumer Law (ACL). The ACL will replace provisions in 17 national, State and Territory consumer laws and you can find details for each state and territory here.

The October edition of Licensing Line News reported on the implementation of the Australian Consumer Law here

Before 1 January 2011, State and Territory consumer laws will continue to apply, in addition to Commonwealth consumer laws. The State and Territory consumer laws will continue to be enforced and administered by each State and Territory's consumer agency.

For information about national consumer laws or laws that now apply in your state, please see below. 

ACT Office of Regulatory Services
http://www.ors.act.gov.au/FairTrading/index.html
New South Wales NSW Fair Trading
http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/default.html
Northern Territory Consumer Affairs
http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/consaffairs/index.shtml
Queensland Office of fair Trading
http://www.fairtrading.qld.gov.au/
South Australia

Office of Business and Consumer Affairs
http://www.ocba.sa.gov.au/  
Tasmania Tasmanian Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading
http://www.consumer.tas.gov.au/
Victoria

Consumer Affairs Victoria
http://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/CA256EB5000644CE/HomePage?ReadForm&1=Home~&2=~&3=~
Western Australia

Department of Commerce (Consumer Protection)
http://www.docep.wa.gov.au/consumerprotection/

For more information visit: http://www.consumerlaw.gov.au/content/Content.aspx?doc=home.htm  

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