Acronyms and Abbreviations

AFIA
Australian Finance Industry Association
APR
annual percentage rate
ARCA
Australian Retail Credit Association
ASIC
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
BNPL
buy now pay later
CALC
Consumer Action Law Centre
Care Inc
Care Inc. Financial Counselling and the Consumer Law Centre of the ACT
CCLCSA
Consumer Credit Law Centre South Australia
CCLSWA
Consumer Credit Legal Service (Western Australia) Inc.
CHERPA
Consumer Household Equipment Rental Providers Association
Credit Act
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
Credit Enhancements Act
Consumer Credit Legislation Amendment (Enhancements) Act 2012
Credit Regulations
National Consumer Credit Protection Regulations 2010
DSP
Disability Support Pension
EM
Explanatory Memorandum
FAA&MS
Financiers Association of Australia and Min-it Software
FCA
Financial Counselling Australia
FID
Finance Industry Delegation
financial hardship report
Inquiry into credit and financial products targeted at Australians at risk of financial hardship
FRLC
Financial Rights Legal Centre
Good Shepherd
Good Shepherd Australia and New Zealand
HRC
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights
HRCLS
Hume Riverina Community Legal Service
MBL
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
NCOSS
NSW Council of Social Service
NCPA
National Credit Providers Association
NILS
no interest loan scheme
PEA
protected earnings amount
RBA
Reserve Bank of Australia
references committee
Senate Economics References Committee
RRP
recommended retail price
SACCs
small amount credit contracts
Scrutiny Committee
Senate Standing Committee on the Scrutiny of Bills
SDTA
Stop the Debt Trap Alliance
the bill
National Consumer Credit Protection Amendments (Small Amount Credit Contract and Consumer Lease Reforms) Bill 2019 (No. 2)
the committee
Senate Economics Legislation Committee
the Review
Review of the Small Amount Credit Contract Laws
the Review Panel
Review panel for Review of Small Amount Credit Contract Laws
Treasury
Department of the Treasury

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