Bill
Competition and Consumer Amendment (Country of Origin) Bill 2016
lapsed, as at 2016-05-09. Industry, Innovation and Science portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Industry, Innovation and Science
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-05-04
- second reading — 2016-05-04
- other — 2016-05-09
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2016-05-04.
This bill changes the Australian Consumer Law to simplify the rules for using 'made in' claims on products.
It would clarify what counts as substantial transformation and remove the 50 per cent production cost test.
The bill is expected to have no financial impact, and the explanatory memorandum does not specify a start date for the changes.
- The bill amends the Australian Consumer Law to alter the definition of substantial transformation.
- It removes the 50 per cent production cost test.
- It clarifies that minor processes like dicing or canning do not justify a 'made in' claim.
Businesses making country of origin claims, particularly food businesses, and consumers who read these labels.
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