The National Cabinet has released the National Cabinet Mandatory
Code of Conduct (Code) that will be applied by
each of the States and Territories in their commercial and retail
legislation.
Over a number of press conferences, the Prime Minister has
outlined various aspects of the Code which comes into effect in all
States and Territories on a date prescribed in the legislation
after 3 April 2020 and will continue until the Commonwealth
JobKeeper Program remains operational.
The Code includes a number of principles that have not yet been
incorporated into the legislation however we have outlined these
key aspects of the Code below:
- The purpose of the Code is to impose a set of good faith
leasing principles between the parties to aid cashflow for small
and medium business whose business has been impacted by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
