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📜 Consumer Protection Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

Assented toLABill 9610 October 2018

Amends multiple consumer protection laws in WA, including those related to auctions, charities, debt collection, fair trading, home building, land valuation, real estate, residential tenancies, settlement agents and street collections. It aims to enhance regulatory efficiency, increase penalties, and clarify existing provisions.

Impact

Consumers, businesses, and regulatory bodies in WA are affected. The changes aim to provide better protection for consumers, ensure fair practices by businesses, and improve the effectiveness of regulatory oversight.

Key Changes

["Enhanced powers for the Commissioner for Consumer Protection.", "Clarified provisions in the Residential Tenancies Act 1987.", "Increased penalties for offences under various Acts."]

Parliamentary Progress

  1. LA Second Reading MovedLA10 Oct 2018
  2. LA IntroducedLA10 Oct 2018
  3. LA Second Reading AgreedLA29 Nov 2018
  4. LA AmendedLA12 Mar 2019
  5. LA Consideration in DetailLA12 Mar 2019
  6. LA Third ReadingLA20 Mar 2019
  7. LC Second Reading MovedLC21 Mar 2019
  8. LC Second Reading AgreedLC3 Sept 2019
  9. LC Third ReadingLC26 Sept 2019
  10. LC AmendedLC15 Oct 2019
  11. Royal Assent24 Oct 2019
Affected Sectors
financehousingconstructionpublic_sectorother

Penalty Provisions25 found

💰 Max fine: $50,000🔒 Max imprisonment: 12 monthsunclear · regulatory · criminal
s. 14(1)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to debt collection

Fine: $20,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $20 000.”

s. 14(2)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to debt collection

Fine: $20,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $20 000.”

s. 15(2)Regulatoryfine

Failure to keep collection records for 7 years

Fine: $5,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.”

s. 15(3A)Regulatoryfine

Failure to comply with a requirement to provide collection records

Fine: $5,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.”

s. 15(5)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to debt collection

Fine: $25,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $25 000.”

s. 16(1)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to debt collection

Fine: $25,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $25 000.”

s. 17(1)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to debt collection

Fine: $25,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $25 000.”

s. 18(4)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to debt collection

Fine: $25,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $25 000.”

s. 22(3)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to auction sales

Fine: $25,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $25 000.”

s. 23(1)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to auction sales

Fine: $25,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $25 000.”

s. 24(1)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to auction sales

Fine: $25,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $25 000.”

s. 25(1)Criminalboth

Unspecified offence related to auction sales

Fine: $50,000Imprisonment: 12 months

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $50 000 or imprisonment for 12 months.”

s. 26(1) and (2)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to auction sales

Fine: $25,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $25 000.”

s. 26(1)(h)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to debt collection

Fine: $5,000

“$200 $5 000”

s. 27(1)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to auction sales

Fine: $25,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $25 000.”

s. 28(5)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to auction sales

Fine: $25,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $25 000.”

s. 29(2)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to auction sales

Fine: $25,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $25 000.”

s. 30(2)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to auction sales

Fine: $10,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $10 000.”

s. 30(5)Criminalboth

Unspecified offence related to auction sales

Fine: $50,000Imprisonment: 12 months

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $50 000 or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.”

s. 31(1), (2), (3), (4), (6) and (7)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to auction sales

Fine: $25,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $25 000.”

s. 5(2)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to debt collection by an individual or body corporate

Fine: $50,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $50 000.”

s. 6(1)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to charitable collections

Fine: $20,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $20 000.”

s. 6(2)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to debt collection

Fine: $25,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $25 000.”

s. 6(6)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to auction sales

Fine: $50,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $50 000.”

s. 9(2)Unclearfine

Unspecified offence related to charitable collections

Fine: $5,000

“Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.”

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