The Australian Consumer Law (‘ACL’) came into force on 1 January 2011 and is found in such 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CT) (‘CCA’).
2.
ACL pt 3–2 div 1, pt 5–4.
3.
TPA pt V div 2.
4.
ACL pt 3–2 div 1, pt 5–4.
5.
ACL s 259(2)(a); s 267(2).
6.
ACL s 261.
7.
ACL s 259(3); 267(3).
8.
ACL s 259(4); 267(4).
9.
ACL s 260; 268.
10.
ACL s 64.
11.
ACL s 64A(1). For services see s 64A(2).
12.
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) s 139A.
13.
ACL s 18(m).
14.
ACCC, Consumer Guarantees – a Guide for Consumers (2011).
15.
Ibid.
16.
ACL s 59(1).
17.
ACL s 59(2).
18.
See Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Council, Consumer Rights – Reforming Statutory Implied Conditions and Warranties (2009), 79.
19.
National Education and Information Advisory Taskforce (‘NEIAT’), National Baseline Study on Warranties and Refunds (Research Paper No 2, 2009) 47.
20.
Ibid.
21.
NEIAT, above n 19, 50.
22.
Consumer Affairs Victoria, ‘Warranties and Refunds in the Electronic Goods, White Goods and Mobile Telephone Industries’ (Research Paper No 17, May 2009), 35–6.
