Summary
Amends the:
Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes—Franchising) Regulation 2014
to: enable the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman to appoint a mediation and franchising adviser to assist in resolving franchising disputes where mediation has failed, or where both parties agree to arbitration; and give the ombudsman the power to assist with multi-party mediation and arbitration in franchising disputes where multiple parties have identical issues that require resolution;
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
to increase the civil penalties provisions for breaching the Franchising Code of Conduct; and
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Act 2015
to make consequential amendments.