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Timeshare: The Price of Leisure 5 September 2005 © Commonwealth of Australia 2005 ISBN 0 642 71539 4

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Members of the Committee	(PDF 45KB)
Duties of the Committee	(PDF 16KB)
Terms of Reference	(PDF 34KB)
List of acronyms	(PDF 16KB)
Recommendations	(PDF 35KB)
Chapter 1 - Background to the inquiry	(PDF 38KB)
Conduct of the inquiry Inquiry report
Chapter 2 - Regulation of timeshare schemes	(PDF 150KB)
Industry definition and profile Corporations Act reforms and the timeshare industry ASIC’s regulation of timeshare schemes Conclusions
Chapter 3 - Timeshare as a managed investment	(PDF 121KB)
Background to the current approach Some advantages And some disadvantages International regulatory approaches Conclusions
Chapter 4 - Regulatory options	(PDF 80KB)
Alternative statutory approaches Conclusions Regulation under the Corporations Act
Chapter 5 - Issues for regulation	(PDF 172KB)
The price of timeshare Sales and marketing Training and licensing Cooling-off periods Disclosure Exiting timeshare and reselling interests Conclusions
Chapter 6 - Fully sold schemes	(PDF 57KB)
Regulatory exemptions Resales Delinquent members Management issues
Appendix 1 - Submissions Received	(PDF 14KB)
Appendix 2 - Public Hearings and site visits	(PDF 24KB)
Appendix 3 - Major Timeshare industry participants	(PDF 38KB)

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Committee Secretary
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:	+61 2 6277 3583
Fax:	+61 2 6277 5719
Email:	corporations.joint@aph.gov.au