Celebrating its 40th edition, Miller's provides the full text of the Competition and Consumer Act with Russell Miller's expert insight into how its sections operate. This 40th edition of Miller is your essential resource for keeping pace with legislative and case law developments in competition and consumer Law. Businesses and advisers need to come to grips with the Competition and Consumer Act as it impacts on various aspects of day to day corporate activity. Practitioners and businesess will benefit from the updated legislation in this 40th edition, and from Russell Miller's annotation commentary at provision level guiding readers through the meaning of the law withthe benefit of judicial interpreataion of the provisions of the Act. The book also contains related regulations and materials.

For over 30 years, professionals have relied on MILLER'S ANNOTATED TRADE PRACTICES ACT for the full text of the updated Act and for Russell V Miller's expert insight into how its sections operate. At this critical point in time for the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), Miller's 32nd edition again offers updated legislation and analysis of relevant case law. Significantly, it incorporates the operational first stage of major consumer protection reforms, including provisions dealing with unfair contract terms as well as the new civil penalties and redress options for the ACCC and ASIC. Businesses and advisers need to come to grips with important changes to the Trade Practices Act. Schedule 1 of the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No 1) 2010 commences on 1 July 2010, with the Act establishing the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), a single, national consumer law. Its amendments provide for the application, administration and amendment of the ACL, introduce provisions regulating unfair contract terms and introduce new penalties, enforcement powers and consumer redress options. The book also contains related regulations and materials. The 32nd edition of MILLER'S ANNOTATED TRADE PRACTICES ACT is your essential resource for keeping pace with legislative and case law developments in competition and consumer law.

This book provides a guide to the development of Australian trade practices and competition law.

Since its launch, Miller's Annotated Trade Practices Act has consistently helped trade practices professionals to keep pace with the evolving practices of business, and their reflection in statutory amendment and judicial interpretation. MILLER'S ANNOTATED TRADE PRACTICES ACT contains the full text of the Trade Practices Act 1974, with expert annotations to the legislation provisions, written by Russell V Miller AM. Miller clearly explains the operation of the legislation and provides a detailed analysis of the relevant case law. Consolidating the year's legislative and case law development, the book also contains related legislation and materials. This 31st edition, consolidated to 1 January 2010, is your essential resource of 2009's legislative and case law developments in competition and consumer law.