Course

Australian Consumer Law - LAWS3137

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: Completion of 78 UOC in LAWS courses. Co-requisite: Resolving Civil Disputes (LAWS2371)

Excluded: JURD7337

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

The Australian Consumer Law is contained in the Competition and Consumer Act, and operates as a law of the Commonwealth, and as a law of each of the states and territories by separate State and Territory application legislation. It contains the former Trade Practices Act Consumer Protection provisions, as well as new laws on unfair contract terms, product safety, consumer guarantees law, lay-by sales , unsolicited selling and new penalties and enforcement powers for the ACCC and state and territory agencies. These laws are now consistent across all jurisdictions, and enforceable in each. Many concepts from the former Trade Practices Act are still relevant, and although some have been redrafted to comply with newer style this is not intended to alter their legal effect.

More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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