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Consumer Protection from Unfair Contracts

Consumer Protection from Unfair Contracts

By Hillary Morris | Workers Compensation/Workplace | 1 April, 2017 | 1

On 12 November 2016, the existing unfair contract term protections for consumers have been extended to cover standard form contracts for small businesses.  A summary can be found on the ACCC website on by clicking this link. 

Whether a term is fair or not is considered in context of the contract as a whole.  It could be for example the “automatic rollover” clauses that have become more common in supply contracts.  Those clauses were a “catch” because you could automatically be locked in for another 12 month term of a contract if you did not give at least 6 months’ notice that you did not want to renew.

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