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Started Dec 22 2012, 19:12
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Dec 22 2012, 19:12
South Australian MP Tony Piccolo, who first tabled a now-lapsed private members bill to legislate franchising in South Australia in 2009, has issued a press release welcoming the new SA Small Business Commissioner Bill.
Piccolo’s release reiterates that his original bill sought greater penalties for breaching the Franchising Code of Conduct, included a requirement for good faith in franchise dealings, and was designed to protect franchisees from rogue and unscrupulous franchisors. These issues were considered by a Federal Government inquiry into franchising, and in the main, were not adopted in changes to the Franchising Code of Conduct made last year.
However, Piccolo’s release states that the SA Small Business Commissioner Bill, while structured differently from his own. “...will ultimately achieve the same objectives”.
Similarly, an earlier press release from SA Business Minister Tom Koutsantonis thanked Tony Piccolo for his work which inspired the Bill, indicating that both MP’s clearly understand the implications for franchising despite the Bill not actually including “franchise” or “franchising” anywhere in its wording.
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