Key Documents
The Licensing Taskforce is considering a licensing regime for the franchising sector.
We welcome views on:
- whether to create a regime
- how to address harms in the sector
- how a regime can work.
This paper outlines elements a regime can include:
- regulatory oversight
- information disclosure
- education and resources
- dispute resolution
- business model preconditions.
The government set up the Taskforce in response to a recommendation from the Independent Review of the Franchising Code of Conduct.
Responding
You can submit responses to this consultation up until 08 December 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:
Justice and Licensing Reviews Branch
Small and Family Business Division
Treasury
Langton Cres
Parkes ACT 2600