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Department of Business and Consumer Affairs

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Formed
  
22 December 1975

Headquarters
  
Canberra

Dissolved
  
7 May 1982

Preceding Department
  
Department of Science and Consumer Affairs - for consumer affairsDepartment of Police and Customs -for Customs and ExciseDepartment of the Special Minister of State (I) - for industries assistance and prices justificationAttorney-General's Department - for bankruptcy, insolvency, patents, trade marks, design and copyright

Superseding agency
  
Attorney-General's Department - for Corporate Affairs trade practices and consumer affairsDepartment of Industry and Commerce (II) - for customs excise duties and bountiesDepartment of Administrative Services (II) - for industries assistance and protection, petroleum pricing policy

Jurisdiction
  
Commonwealth of Australia

The Department of Business and Consumer Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between December 1975 and May 1982.

Contents

Scope

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports.

At its creation, the Department was responsible for the following:

  • Business practices
  • Duties of customs and excise
  • Bounties on the production or export of goods
  • Bankruptcy and insolvency
  • Patents of inventions and designs, and trade marks
  • Copyrights
  • Consumer Affairs.

    • Structure

    The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs.

    References

    Department of Business and Consumer Affairs Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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