Summer Session 2009-10

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On a daily basis the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA) impacts on a very wide range of commercial and consumer activities. Since 1974 it has had a major impact on trade and commerce in Australia. The TPA is principally concerned with trade practices which are restrictive and/or deceptive, and also product liability. Breaches of the Act can attract heavy fines, damages and other orders.

The course is designed to:

  • Highlight and scrutinise the legal methods of preventing harmful restrictive/anti-competitive practices and unfairness in modern business, including those that affect consumers;
  • Examine the various means of ensuring that “consumers” and others in the community, including businesses, are protected from the deceptive conduct of corporations; and 
  • Identify the specific rights of the consumer in relation to product liability.

ASSESSMENT

To be eligible to sit for the Board’s examinations, all students must complete the LEC teaching and learning program, the first step of which is to ensure that you have registered online with the LEC in each subject for which you have enrolled with the Board.  This gives you access to the full range of learning resources offered by the LEC.

Then, students must achieve a satisfactory result in a compulsory assignment of at least 1500 words or as prescribed.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lecture and weekend school timetables, prescribed materials, and assignment information are in the Subject Guide. Assignments and Supplementary Materials (where applicable) can be accessed from the Webcampus for current students.
 

 

 

 

  
     
     
     
     

 

 

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