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The Business Entry Point provides access to government information and transactions for new and existing businesses The NSW Department of State and Regional Development can help guide you through key issues such as managing and growing the business and frequently asked questions The NSW Fair Trading can help you with business licensing & registrations, incorporations, establishment of cooperatives, product safety, trade measurement, dispute resolution and fair trading laws. Employer associations which represent the industrial (and sometimes the commerical and trade) interests of their members. Employer associations' membership generally consist of employers who operate in the same or related industries. These associations represent the industrial (and sometimes the commercial or trade) interests of their member companies and organisations.

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This Act is the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000. The objects of this Act are as follows: (a) to secure and promote the health, safety and welfare of

people at work, (b) to protect people at a place of work against risks to health or safety arising out of the activities of persons at work, (c) to promote a safe and healthy work environment for people at work that protects them from injury and illness and that is adapted to their physiological and psychological needs, (d) to provide for consultation and co-operation between employers and employees in achieving the objects of this Act, (e) to ensure that risks to health and safety at a place of work are identified, assessed and eliminated or controlled, (f) to develop and promote community awareness of occupational health and safety issues, (g) to provide a legislative framework that allows for progressively higher standards of occupational health and safety to take account of changes in technology and work practices, (h) to deal with the impact of particular classes or types of dangerous goods and plant at, and beyond, places of work.

The ACCC enforces the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA).

Overview of the Trade Practices Act

The Trade Practices Act aims to enhance the welfare of Australians by promoting competition and fair trading and providing for consumer protection. The Act deals with almost all aspects of the marketplace: the relationships among suppliers, wholesalers, retailers, competitors and customers. It covers anti-competitive conduct, unfair market practices, industry codes, mergers and acquisitions of companies, product safety, product

labelling, price monitoring, and the regulation of industries such as telecommunications, gas, electricity and airports.

For information about consumer laws and their enforcement in NSW, you can visit NSW Fair Trading . The ACL replaced the following fair trading and consumer protection laws in NSW: Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth): Parts IVA, V, VA and VC There are other laws that will continue to apply to consumer transactions after 1 January 2011. Further information can be obtained from the NSW Legislation website
On 1 January 2011 the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) commenced. The ACL includes: a new, national unfair contract terms law covering standard form contracts; a new, national law guaranteeing consumer rights when buying goods and services, which replaces existing laws on conditions and warranties; a new, national product safety law and enforcement system; a new, national law for unsolicited consumer agreements, which replaces existing State and Territory laws on door-to-door sales and other direct marketing; simple national rules for lay-by agreements; and new penalties, enforcement powers and consumer redress options, which currently apply nationally. The ACL applies nationally and in all States and Territories, and to all Australian businesses. For transactions that occurred up to 31 December 2010, the

previous national, State and Territory consumer laws will continue to apply. The ACL is a cooperative reform of the Australian Government and the States and Territories, through the Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs (MCCA). An Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) [PDF 217KB] [RTF 236KB] signed by the Council of Australian Governments underpins the establishment of the AC