LAWS1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Kuringgai, Seating Capacity, Victorian Civil And Administrative Tribunal
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Consumer law - multiple areas would be breached: the competition & consumer act australian consumer law (schedule to act, misleading and deceptive conduct, unconscionable conduct, unfair terms, false representations, implied consumer guarantees. The existing law is still founded on the principle known as caveat emptor (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:858)let the (cid:271)uyer (cid:271)e(cid:449)are(cid:859). The pri(cid:374)(cid:272)iple (cid:373)ay ha(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) appropriate for transactions conducted in village markets. It has ceased to be appropriate as a general rule. Now the marketing of goods and services is conducted on an organised basis and by trained business executives. The untrained consumer is no match for the businessman, who attempts to persuade the consumer to buy goods or services on terms and conditions suitable to the vendor. The consumer needs protection by the law and this bill will provide such protection: senator the hon l k murphy qc, senate parliamentary debates, 30 july 1974.
