Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated RegulationsStatutory Rules 1998 No. 162 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 1
March 2008
taking into account amendments up to SLI 2007 No. 240
Prepared by the Office of
Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra
Contents
1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1] 5
2 Commencement 5
3 Code of conduct 5
Schedule Franchising Code of Conduct 6
Part 1 Preliminary 6
1 Name of code 6
2 Purpose of code 6
3 Definitions 6
4 Meaning of franchise agreement 9
5 Application 11
Part 2 Disclosure 12
6 Franchisor must maintain a disclosure document 12
6A Purpose of disclosure document 13
6B Requirement to give disclosure document 13
6C Additional information 14
7 Layout 14
8 Application 14
10 Franchisor obligations 14
11 Advice before entering into franchise agreement 15
Part 3 Conditions of franchise agreement 16
13 Cooling off period 16
14 Copy of lease 17
15 Association of franchisees or prospective franchisees 17
16 Prohibition on release from liability etc 18
17 Marketing and other cooperative funds 18
18 Disclosure of materially relevant facts 19
19 Current disclosure document 21
20 Transfer of the franchise 21
21 Termination -- breach by franchisee 22
22 Termination -- no breach by franchisee 23
23 Termination -- special circumstances 23
Part 4 Resolving disputes 24
24 Definitions 24
25 Mediation adviser 24
26 Internal complaint handling procedure 24
27 Code complaint handling procedure 24
28 Choice of procedure 24
29 Procedure 25
30 Mediation under the code 25
30A Termination of mediation 26
31 Conditions 26
Annexure 1 Disclosure document for franchisee or prospective franchisee 27
1 First page 27
2 Franchisor details 28
3 Business experience 29
4 Litigation 29
5 Payments to agents 30
6 Existing franchises 30
7 Intellectual property 32
8 Franchise site or territory 32
9 Supply of goods or services to a franchisee 33
10 Supply of goods or services by a franchisee 34
11 Sites or Territories 34
12 Marketing or other cooperative funds 35
13 Payments 36
14 Financing 37
15 Franchisor's obligations 38
16 Franchisee's obligations 38
17 Other conditions of agreement 39
18 Obligation to sign related agreements 39
19 Earnings information 40
20 Financial details 41
21 Updates 42
22 Other relevant disclosure information 42
23 Receipt 42
Annexure 2 Short form disclosure document for franchisee or prospective franchisee 43
1 First page 43
2 Franchisor details 44
3 Litigation 45
4 Intellectual property 46
5 Franchise site or territory 47
6 Marketing or other cooperative funds 47
7 Payments 48
8 Franchisor's obligations 50
9 Franchisee's obligations 50
10 Other relevant disclosure information 51
11 Financial details 51
12 Receipt 52
Notes 53
Notes to the Trade Practices (Industry Codes -- Franchising) Regulations 1998
Note 1
The Trade Practices (Industry Codes -- Franchising) Regulations 1998 (in force under the Trade Practices Act 1974) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1998 No. 162 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on 1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all non‑exempt legislative instruments to be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. From 1 January 2005 the Statutory Rules series ceased to exist and was replaced with Select Legislative Instruments (SLI series). Numbering conventions remain the same, ie Year and Number.
Table of Instruments
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Year and |
Date of notification |
Date of |
Application, saving or |
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1998 No. 162 |
25 June 1998 |
1 July 1998 |
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1999 No. 188 |
1 Sept 1999 |
1 Sept 1999 |
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2001 No. 165 |
29 June 2001 |
1 Oct 2001 |
-- |
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2007 No. 240 |
13 Aug 2007 (see F2007L02475) |
1 Mar 2008 |
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Table of Amendments
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ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted |
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Provision affected |
How affected |
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Schedule |
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Part 1 |
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C. 2......................................... |
am. 2001 No. 165 |
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rs. 2007 No. 240 |
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C. 3......................................... |
am. 1999 No. 188; 2001 No. 165; 2007 No. 240 |
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Heading to c. 4..................... |
rs. 1999 No. 188 |
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C. 4......................................... |
am. 1999 No. 188; 2001 No. 165; 2007 No. 240 |
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C. 5........................................ . |
am. 1999 No. 188; 2007 No. 240 |
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Part 2 |
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C. 6......................................... |
am. 1999 No. 188 |
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rs. 2001 No. 165 |
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am. 2007 No. 240 |
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C. 6A....................................... |
ad. 2001 No. 165 |
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C. 6B...................................... |
ad. 2001 No. 165 |
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am. 2007 No. 240 |
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C. 6C...................................... |
ad. 2001 No. 165 |
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am. 2007 No. 240 |
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Note to c. 6 (1)...................... |
ad. 1999 No. 188 |
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C. 8......................................... |
am. 1999 No. 188; 2001 No. 165 |
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C. 9......................................... |
am. 1999 No. 188 |
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rep. 2001 No. 165 |
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C. 10....................................... |
am. 2001 No. 165 |
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rs. 2007 No. 240 |
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Note to c. 10.......................... |
ad. 2001 No. 165 |
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C. 11....................................... |
am. 1999 No. 188; 2001 No. 165 |
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Division 2.3 of Part 2........... |
rep. 2001 No. 165 |
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C. 12....................................... |
am. 1999 No. 188 |
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rep. 2001 No. 165 |
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Part 3 |
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C. 13....................................... |
am. 2001 No. 165 |
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C. 15....................................... |
rs. 2007 No. 240 |
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Heading to c. 16................... |
rs. 2007 No. 240 |
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C. 16....................................... |
am. 2007 No. 240 |
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C. 17....................................... |
am. 1999 No. 188; 2001 No. 165; 2007 No. 240 |
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C. 18....................................... |
am. 1999 No. 188; 2001 No. 165; 2007 No. 240 |
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C. 19....................................... |
am. 2001 No. 165 |
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C. 20....................................... |
am. 2001 No. 16 |
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C. 22....................................... |
am. 2001 No. 165 |
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Part 4 |
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C. 29....................................... |
am. 2001 No. 165 |
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C. 30A.................................... |
ad. 2001 No. 165 |
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Annexure 1 |
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Annexure 1............................ |
am. 1999 No. 188; 2001 No. 165; 2007 No. 240 |
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Annexure 2 |
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Annexure 2............................ |
rs. 2001 No. 165 |
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am. 2007 No. 240 |