Fair Trading (Newsagency Industry Dispute Resolution Code) Regulations 2014
The Newsagency Industry Dispute Resolution Code (the Code) promotes the successful resolution of newsagency related disputes in a streamlined and balanced manner.
The Code sets out a series of steps or actions that can be taken by the Office of the South Australian Small Business Commissioner (SASBC) to help bring parties in dispute together, with the intention of assisting them and resolving the dispute in a timely and mutually beneficial manner.
The Newsagency Industry Dispute Resolution Code covers all newsagents and includes any business with the primary purpose of acquiring, selling or distributing newspapers or magazines.
The Code also deals with business related disputes between participants in the newsagency industry and local and state government.
The code helps participants in the industry by providing mandatory alternative dispute resolution process on a no or low cost basis overseen by the Small Business Commissioner.
Breaches of the code can attract:
- a civil expiation fee of $4,000 for a corporation and $500 for a natural person
- SASBC may take court action to obtain a civil penalty of up to $50,000 for a corporation or $10,000 for a natural person.
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