If you are already a trader, it is essential that you are aware of your rights and responsibilities. You need to keep up-to-date with the laws that govern your day-to-day business.
You, like most small business people, will spend a lot of time, effort and money in setting up your business. It is wise to make sure that your own interests are protected when you deal with customers and other businesses.
Topics in this section
- Business names
- Selling to customers
- Guarantees, warranties and refunds
- Misleading or deceptive conduct
- Recreational Services
- False or misleading representations
- Unconscionable conduct
- Business relations
- Fair Trading (Pre-Paid Funerals) Industry Code
- Fair Trading (Health and Fitness) Industry Code
- Sale or Purchase of a Small Business
Related Information
- Australian Consumer Law
- Australian Consumer Law: For businesses
- Guarantees, warranties and refunds: For all businesses
- Guarantees, warranties and refunds: If you provide goods
- Guarantees, warranties and refunds: If you provide services
Free guides to the Australian Consumer Law
- Avoiding unfair business practices: a guide for businesses and legal practitioners (2 MB PDF file)
- Consumer guarantees: a guide for businesses and legal practitioners (2.7 MB PDF file)
- Product safety: a guide for businesses and legal practitioners (2.3 MB PDF file)
- Sales practices: a guide for businesses and legal practitioners (2.4 MB PDF file)
- Compliance and enforcement: how regulators enforce the Australian Consumer Law (1.7 MB PDF file)
- A guide to the unfair contract terms law (1.8 MB PDF file)
Factsheets about the Australian Consumer Law
- Refund (165 KB PDF file)
- Advertising and promotions (188 KB PDF file)
- Unsolicited consumer agreements (207 KB PDF file)
- Misleading and unconscionable conduct (195 KB PDF file)
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