Trade Practices and Consumer Protection (Financial Services) V2
Cost: $88.00
Trade Practices and Consumer Protection (Financial Services) V2
Overview
The Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA) exists to protect the rights of consumers, and ensure fair competition is maintained. As a business or consumer, you need to understand the key provisions of this legislation, which outline what conduct is prohibited in Australia.
This course broadly covers the two main parts of the TPA, Restrictive Trade Practices plus Consumer Protection, and is essential for all consumers, managers, high level executives, and goods and service providers in Australia. Using everyday language and real-world examples, this course is adapted from materials and experiences of the ACCC and from leading cases. It aims to build a general awareness of your obligations under the law.
This course has been written in partnership with and endorsed by Clayton Utz, a leading Australian law firm.
Objectives
At the end of this course, you should be able to:
- State the main objectives of the TPA and the role of the ACCC;
- List the penalties and other remedies applicable to a breach of the TPA;
- State the broad purpose of the Restrictive Trades Practices provisions;
- Discuss the concept of, and apply the substantial lessening of market power test to certain merger/takeover situations;
- Discuss and give examples of misuse of market power, and unconscionable conduct;
- Describe the Consumer Protection Provisions of the TPA, including deceptive or misleading conduct and false or misleading representations.
Duration
3 hours (nominal)
Components Weighting
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Trade Practices - An Introduction (2010) Component 1 |
33 % |
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Restrictive Trade Practices (2010) Component 2 |
33 % |
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Consumer Protection - Financial Services (2010) Component 3 |
34 % |
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Note: Weight is the percentage that each component contributes towards the final result.