Russell V Miller

Miller's Australian Competition and Consumer Law Annotated

Thomson Reuters, published annually (latest forthcoming February 2011)

Overview

Published annually, the 2011 annotation will be renamed the 'Competition and Consumer Law Annotated' to reflect the change in name of the Act (from Trade Practices Act 1974 to Competition and Consumer Act 2011 effective 1 January 2011)

Publisher's description

'For over 30 years, professionals have relied on Miller’s Annotated Trade Practices Act for the full text of the updated Act and for Russell V Miller’s expert insight into how its sections operate.

The introduction of the Australian Consumer Law delivers the most sweeping amendments to the Trade Practices Act since it was passed in 1974 signified with a name change to “Competition and Consumer Act 2010” At this critical point in time for the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), Miller’s 33rd edition again will provide updated legislation and analysis of relevant case law.

Businesses and advisers need to come to grips with important changes to the Trade Practices Act. Specifically, for 2011, it is the changes introducing a strengthened and consistent consumer law across Australia which will most challenge businesses and their advisers. For the first time Australia will have a single consumer law regime.

Schedule 1 of the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No 1) 2010 commenced on 1 July 2010, with the Act establishing the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), a single, national consumer law. Its amendments provide for the application, administration and amendment of the ACL, introduce provisions regulating unfair contract terms and introduce new penalties, enforcement powers and consumer redress options.

The second stage in the roll out of these amendments occurs on 1 January 2011 with the commencement of the provisions in the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) No 2 2010. Most noticeably, with this rollout, the Act changes its name to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.

Practitioners and businesses will benefit from the updated legislation in this 33rd edition, and from Russell Miller’s annotation commentary at provision level, guiding readers through the meaning of the newly amended law with the benefit of judicial interpretation of the provisions of the earlier form of the Act. With the name of the Act changes, so to does the name of the book, with this 33rd edition now titled Miller’s Australian Competition and Consumer Law Annotated, 33rd Edition 2011.

Because of the magnitude and type of changes, special new features will be introduced in the 33rd edition to assist readers navigate the changes. In particular, the edition will include a comparative table mapping old-to-new and new-to-old provisions.

The book also contains related regulations and materials.

The 33rd edition of Miller is your essential resource for keeping pace with legislative and case law developments in competition and consumer law. '

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