A great fireworks display wasn’t the only important event at midnight on New Year’s Eve. From 1 January 2011 the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) took effect – creating a single national product safety system across Australia.
Consumers and suppliers should be aware of new mandatory reporting requirements under the ACL. Suppliers must notify the Commonwealth minister within 48 hours of becoming aware that a person suffered serious injury, illness or death associated with a consumer good or product-related service they supplied. The 4th of January 2011 is the first date on which mandatory reports may be due.
To assist suppliers to implement mandatory reporting, the ACCC has released Mandatory Reporting Guidelines.
The mandatory reporting requirements are just one of a raft of changes brought about by the ACL. Further information on the ACL is available from the page Australian Consumer Law page and also from the Australian Consumer Law website.
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