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Legal Forums » Franchising Law Discussion Forum » Urgent action needed on SA Trojan Horse legislation
Started Dec 22 2012, 19:07
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Dec 22 2012, 19:07
In the main, the creation of a Small Business Commissioner is a good idea where it follows the successful model established in Victoria, and recently emulated to a large extent by Western Australia.
However, the Small Business Commissioner model proposed in South Australia – touted as being similar to Victoria’s – is radically different and contains a dangerous Trojan Horse element that undermines the whole concept of a uniform national regulatory framework for business, especially franchising and other sectors covered by mandatory industry codes of conduct.
The proponents of this bill, particularly SA Business Minister Tom Koutsantonis and Member for Light Tony Piccolo have not listened to the recommendations of their own recently concluded franchise inquiry, have ignored the repeated assertions by Federal Business Minister Nick Sherry that franchising requires a national approach only, and instead have pressed ahead with an innocuous-looking piece of legislation with a potentially very dangerous sting in its tail.
Any business in the franchise, petroleum, horticulture or grocery sector should be complaining long and loud to every SA and Federal MP about the prospect of SA creating local variations of longstanding existing national regulations that will result in increased confusion and compliance costs. It is likely that many SA MP’s are unaware of the full consequences of this Bill, given its oblique reference to “industry codes” rather than to the specific sectors that will be affected.
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