Plain answers to the first questions.
Five short answers, each with the section behind it and the page to read next.
What is the unfair trading practices ban?
It is a new general prohibition in section 28B of the Australian Consumer Law. A person in trade or commerce must not engage in unfair tradi...
Read the answerWhen does the Act start?
The whole Act commences on 1 July 2027. The commencement table in section 2 says so, and it applies to the Act as originally enacted. The Ac...
Read the answerWhat is drip pricing under the Act?
Drip pricing is the practice of showing a base price and adding a transaction based charge later. Section 48A requires four things to be sho...
Read the answerHow easy must a subscription exit be?
Every route to end the contract must be easy to find and straightforward, and must require only steps needed to end it and protect the subsc...
Read the answerWho is covered by the subscription rules?
A contract that meets one of four gateways in section 48B and is not excluded by section 48C. The consumer requirement covers an individual ...
Read the answerThe rules this is built from
Nothing here is invented. The site reads the official Act, section by section, and points to the provision behind each answer.
One Act, read in full
Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Act 2026, C2026A00064: Parts 1 to 4 of Schedule 1, the penalty items and the commencement table.
Read the official textFive duty provisions held as controls
Sections 28B(1), 48A(2), 48D(2), 48E(1) and 48F(1), with the evidence a regulator asks for.
See the standards recordEighteen more sections mapped
Scope, application, enforcement and machinery, so the duty is not read out of context.
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