❓ Mr. Katsambanis questions the Premier on the delay of the commercial tenancies code of conduct, while the Premier cites industry consultation and opposition amendments as contributing factors to the delay.
AnsweredQoN 328Legislative Assembly
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COMMERCIAL TENANCIES — MANDATORY CODE OF
CONDUCT
328. Mr P.A. KATSAMBANIS to the Premier:
On 20 April in this chamber, the
Minister for Commerce stated that Western Australia's version of the
mandatory code of conduct for commercial tenancies would be available within a month.
Now that it is one month later, why is this code of conduct still not
available, and how does the government expect landlords and tenants to properly
negotiate without it?
CONDUCT
328. Mr P.A. KATSAMBANIS to the Premier:
On 20 April in this chamber, the
Minister for Commerce stated that Western Australia's version of the
mandatory code of conduct for commercial tenancies would be available within a month.
Now that it is one month later, why is this code of conduct still not
available, and how does the government expect landlords and tenants to properly
negotiate without it?
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I raised this matter with the
Minister for Commerce recently to ensure that as much haste as we could
possibly put into getting that ready was engaged in. Some consultation
processes have been going on with industry. The latest advice I had from the
Minister for Commerce was that it would be available to be operational by
around 28 May. We are obviously doing as much as we can as quickly as we can.
That is another example of legislation that we put forward quickly in order to get an outcome as soon as possible to
support people in the community who may well be suffering. I am very
keen to have that code of conduct in place as soon as possible. As we know, the
legislation was amended by the opposition in the upper house to reduce the
number of businesses that it will apply to, which is very unfortunate, so there
are potentially a whole range of businesses that it will not apply to in the
broader community. That is a very sad thing for those businesses.
Minister for Commerce recently to ensure that as much haste as we could
possibly put into getting that ready was engaged in. Some consultation
processes have been going on with industry. The latest advice I had from the
Minister for Commerce was that it would be available to be operational by
around 28 May. We are obviously doing as much as we can as quickly as we can.
That is another example of legislation that we put forward quickly in order to get an outcome as soon as possible to
support people in the community who may well be suffering. I am very
keen to have that code of conduct in place as soon as possible. As we know, the
legislation was amended by the opposition in the upper house to reduce the
number of businesses that it will apply to, which is very unfortunate, so there
are potentially a whole range of businesses that it will not apply to in the
broader community. That is a very sad thing for those businesses.
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