Proposed Changes Under National Reforms
The Council of Australian Governments has agreed to a range of reforms which involve the transfer of responsibilities from State Governments to the Commonwealth government or more harmonised approaches across States and Territory Governments. Those that will impact on the operations of Consumer Affairs Victoria are:
- the development of a national trade licensing system for a range of occupations including property agent occupations
- the transfer of trade measurement regulation to the Commonwealth Government
- the transfer of credit regulation to the Commonwealth Government
- the development of a new national generic consumer law
- the Commonwealth Government will assume responsibility for the making of permanent product bans and standards for product safety law
- the transfer of the responsibility for the registration of business names to the Commonwealth Government.
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