Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill (No. 2) 2010

Type: Government
Portfolio: Treasury
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 42
Summary: Further to the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill 2009, the bill amends: the
Trade Practices Act 1974
,
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
  and
Corporations Act 2001
  to implement a national consumer law regime (the Australian Consumer Law) in relation to: general and specific consumer protections; misleading and deceptive conduct; unconscionable conduct; unfair practices; consumer transactions; statutory consumer guarantees; a standard consumer product safety law for consumer goods; and product-related services; the
Trade Practices Act 1974
  to rename it as the
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
; and 61 Acts to reflect the change in title of the
Trade Practices Act 1974
.

Progress

House of Representatives
17 Mar 2010	Introduced and read a first time
17 Mar 2010	Second reading moved
22 Jun 2010	Referred to Main Committee
23 Jun 2010	Second reading debate
23 Jun 2010	Second reading agreed to
24 Jun 2010	Reported from Main Committee
24 Jun 2010	Third reading agreed to

Senate
24 Jun 2010	Introduced and read a first time
24 Jun 2010	Second reading moved
24 Jun 2010	Second reading debate
24 Jun 2010	Second reading agreed to
24 Jun 2010	Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 33 Government agreed to
24 Jun 2010	Third reading agreed to

House of Representatives
24 Jun 2010	Consideration of Senate message Details: House agreed to Senate amendments

24 Jun 2010	Text of bill as passed both Houses
13 Jul 2010	Assent Act no.: 103 Year: 2010

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading
As passed by both houses

Explanatory memoranda

Supplementary explanatory memorandum and corrections to the explanatory memorandum
Explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

Senate
Government [sheet BJ268]

Schedules of amendments

Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

Committee Information

No documents at present

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (18/03/2010): Senate Economics Legislation Committee
Committee report (21/05/2010)

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Helpful information

Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

Circulated by members and senators when they propose to make changed to the bill. For details about the outcome of proposed amendments please refer to either the Votes and Proceedings (House of Representatives) or the Journals (Senate).

Schedules of amendments

Schedules of amendments list amendments agreed to by the second house are communicated to the first house for consideration. Subsequent action by either house may also be included in a schedule.

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