Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers) Share this | Hansard source

That goes to the uncertainty that I think is being introduced by this. We should have far more clarity about how the enforcement will be delivered. I go back then to the Australian Consumer Law issues that I was talking about earlier. Section 33 of Australian Consumer Law indicates that anyone engaged in trade or commerce is captured. Wouldn't that include retailers? This is the difficulty that we have in trying to get some legal advice in 12 hours. Let us be clear. Section 33 states that anyone engaged in trade or commerce may be captured, and the question therefore is: wouldn't that include retailers and distributors, along with the manufacturers? Can you point me to where they are excluded?