The Federal Court has granted the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission an injunction and made orders that Nudie Foods Australia Pty Ltd publish corrective notices on its websites and institute a training and trade practices compliance program for misleading labelling on its packaging for Nudie fruit juices.

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is inviting submissions from interested parties to help inform a technical review of the Code of Practice of the Tamper Evident Packaging of Therapeutic Goods. The TGA's expert subcommittee will be undertaking the review.

One thing that does not take much time off over Christmas is the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act. Apart from public holidays, weekends and the days between Christmas and New Year, the time for providing payment schedules and adjudication responses under the Act continues to run.

New Regulations have been passed bringing the use of bill facilities, such as bills of exchange or promissory notes, within the Uniform Consumer Credit Code.

A recent AAT highlights the problems employers face in meeting their obligations to provide a safe system of work.

The Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Act 2008 was assented to by Parliament at 2:00am on 25 June 2008 after having been prepared and publicly exhibited at breakneck speed.

A summary of the key changes to be brought about the amendments to the NCCP Act.

The court considered if a default notice was invalid when it failed to comply exactly with the Consumer Credit Code.

WA Finance Brokers Control Act has been passed. This act regulates finance brokers lending to residents of WA. Unlike finance broking regulations in other states, the WA Finance Brokers Control Act applies to all credit - not just UCCC regulated credit.

On 3 June 2010, the Government released the Trade Practices (Industry Codes – Franchising) Amendment Regulations 2010 made under section 172 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Regulations).

Affected businesses should amend transaction documents, understand the PPS, and develop systems to search and register.

In a recent decision of the Federal Court dismissing Mars’ application alleging trade mark infringement against Sweet Rewards, a confectionery importer and distributor, Maltesers were found to be so well known in Australia that no reasonable chocoholic “could mistake something which is not called a Malteser for a Malteser”.

The First Home Owner Boost Scheme offers an extra $7,000 for first home buyers buying an established home (total grant $14,000) and an extra $14,000 for first home buyers buying or building a new home (total grant $21,000).

Changes have been made to the law in NSW, which affects non-government schools. The changes are prescribed by the Civil Liability Regulation 2009 (NSW). Certain non government schools are now entitled to be categorised as a "public or other authority".

The requirements for continuing professional development required for your builder's licence in New South Wales (the CPD Points System) are about to change.

The Senate passed the National Consumer Credit Protection Act and a number of associated Bills on Monday 26 October 2009.

Regulations specifying how lenders will make disclosure have now been released.

The National Electronic Conveyancing System (NECS) is a joint government and industry initiative to create an efficient and convenient way of completing property transactions.

If your company has a market cap of less than $500m and is in the mining, energy or biotech sectors, the chances are that ASIC will soon check your ASX announcements, if it is not already doing so. This is what was revealed in an ASIC report issued last week on the continuous disclosures of small and mid-cap miners.

New laws permit verification of an identity using information held by a credit reporting agency (CRA).