Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Muir for that question. The development of the voluntary code of practice access to service and repair information for motor vehicles was in fact a two-step process. The former Minister for Small Business, Bruce Billson, facilitated its development through the signing of a heads of agreement to the 'agreement on access to service and report information for motor vehicles' by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, the Australian Automobile Association and the Australian Automotive Dealer Association on 15 December 2014, nearly 12 months ago. This is what enabled the development of the voluntary code of access to service and repair information for motor vehicles by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries in February of this year. The voluntary code has only been in existence since February 2015. The code state in clause 1.4:

An initial review of the Code must be conducted within eighteen months of the commencement of the Code.

In accordance with the code, the government expects the review to be conducted by August 2016.