Key Documents
The Australian Government is seeking views on the exposure draft of the Competition and Consumer (Industry Code‑Franchising) Regulations 2024.
The draft regulations remake the Franchising Code of Conduct to:
- implement the Government response to the Independent Review of the Franchising Code of Conduct
- make amendments to update and clarify various provisions.
The explanatory statement and information paper will help you consider the draft regulations.
Submissions should focus on:
- the proposed changes to the code
- whether the legislation and explanatory materials give effect to the Government response.
Responding
You can submit responses to this consultation up until 29 October 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on this consultation.
While submissions may be lodged electronically or by post, electronic lodgement is preferred. For accessibility reasons, please submit responses sent via email in a Word or RTF format. An additional PDF version may also be submitted.
All information (including name and address details) contained in submissions will be made available to the public on the Treasury website unless you indicate that you would like all or part of your submission to remain in confidence. Automatically generated confidentiality statements in emails do not suffice for this purpose. Respondents who would like part of their submission to remain in confidence should provide this information marked as such in a separate attachment.
Legal requirements, such as those imposed by the Freedom of Information Act 1982, may affect the confidentiality of your submission.
View our submission guidelines for further information.
How To Respond
Online – preferred method
How To Respond
Post
Address written submissions to:
Treasury
Langton Cres
Parkes ACT 2600