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📜 Fair Trading Amendment Bill 2021

Assented toLCBill 1923 June 2021

The Fair Trading Amendment Bill 2021 amends the Fair Trading Act 2010 to ensure ongoing consistency between Western Australia's Australian Consumer Law (ACL WA) and the national ACL. It establishes a mechanism for incorporating future ACL amendments into WA law, subject to parliamentary scrutiny.

Impact

Small businesses and consumers in Western Australia will be affected. The bill aims to create consistency in consumer law across Australia, which should simplify compliance for businesses and ensure consumers have the same protections as elsewhere.

Key Changes

["Incorporates amendments to the Commonwealth ACL up to 1 June 2021 into WA law.", "Establishes a process for automatically incorporating future amendments to the Commonwealth ACL into WA law, subject to parliamentary oversight.", "Repeals section 36 of the Fair Trading Act 2010, which is now obsolete."]

Parliamentary Progress

  1. LC Second Reading MovedLC10 Aug 2021
  2. LC Third ReadingLC10 Aug 2022
  3. LC AmendedLC10 Aug 2022
  4. LC Second Reading AgreedLC10 Aug 2022
  5. LA IntroducedLA16 Aug 2022
  6. LA Second Reading MovedLA16 Aug 2022
  7. LA Second Reading AgreedLA20 Oct 2022
  8. LA Third ReadingLA20 Oct 2022
  9. Royal Assent28 Oct 2022
Affected Sectors
financeother
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