BTF1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Australian Consumer Law, Standard Form Contract
27 Sep 2018
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Btf1010 week 6 lecture consumer protection: overview of australian consumer law. Btf1010 week 6 lecture consumer protection: there are general standards of honesty and fairness that are imposed by the law that affect all players in the market regardless of agreement. The law that accomplishes this is australian consumer law (acl). Imbalance of bargaining power: need extra protection (statutory) to prevent abuse, overview of acl administration of acl. [13. 30: administered by australian competition and consumer commission (accc). Applies broadly to australian citizens and residents, to natural persons and corporations: acl is in schedule 2 of the competition and consumer act (cca, overview of acl chapters of the acl. Definitions and interpretation: chapter 2 general protections. Unfair contract terms: chapter 3 specific protections. *manufacturers liability for defective goods (not examinable: chapter 4 offences. Criminal offences relating to certain conduct: chapter 5 enforcement and remedies.
