31 October 2019 Uninhabitable tenancy complaints on the rise Consumer Protection has recently received a high number of complaints regarding unacceptable living conditions in rental properties, many...
31 October 2019 Uninhabitable tenancy complaints on the rise Consumer Protection has recently received a high number of complaints regarding unacceptable living conditions in rental properties, many...
<<Date>> The Trust and Audit Team Registration and Monitoring Branch Consumer Protection Department of Commerce Locked Bag100 EAST PERTH WA 6892 By email : audits@commerce.wa.gov.au To...
Notification of opening a trust account - Settlement agents SETTLEMENT AND BUSINESS AGENTS Part IV Settlement Agents Act 1981 Agents should advise the Commissioner for Consumer Protection as soon as...
Notification of closed/amended trust account SETTLEMENT AND BUSINESS AGENTS Part IV Settlement Agents Act 1981 Agents should advise the Commissioner for Consumer Protection as soon as practicable or...
How to make a claim for reimbursement from the Fidelity Guarantee Account, including accompanying claim form. Fidelity Guarantee Account Information Bulletin No. 1 Settlement Agents Act 1981; Real...
Reversing alarms are commonly fitted to plant and heavy vehicles across a wide range of industries. The noise made by these alarms falls into one of two categories: tonal and broadband. Tonal...
The objective of this policy is to inform licensed plumbing contractors (LPCs) and restricted plumbing permit holders (permit holders) of their responsibilities in regard to the recording of minor...
Progress report on local government’s four yearly inspections of private swimming pool safety barriers 2018/19 Please note: The figure on page 7 of 8.3% for the City of Nedlands should be 0%
14 October 2019 Reminder about Fair Work Ombudsman changes to Commission only employees - now in effect Western Australian workers who are employed by a constitutional corporation are impacted by a...
Notification of opening a trust account - Real estate REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS AGENTS Part VI Real Estate and Business Agents Act 1978 NOTIFICATION OF OPENING A TRUST ACCOUNT Agents should advise the...
Consumer Protection staff organise regular proactive compliance visits to licensed or registered people throughout the state.The visits aim to ensure the laws are followed,help educate what the laws...
Consumer Protection staff organise regular proactive compliance visits to licensed or registered people throughout the state. The visits aim to e nsure the laws are followed, help educate what the...
REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS AGENTS Part VI Real Estate and Business Agents Act 1978 NOTIFICATION OF CLOSED / AMENDED TRUST ACCOUNT Agents should advise the Commissioner for Consumer Protection as soon...
8 October 2019 Requirements for a Park Liaison Committee The Residential Parks (Long stay Tenants) Act 2006 (Parks Act) provides that park operators have a responsibility to take all reasonable steps...
07 October 2019 BondsOnline has been improved Notice anything different in BondsOnline this week? A major update has been deployed with some important changes. Agent-to-agent bond transfers We’re...
Building and Energy has become aware through audit activities that Australian Standard AS 4055-2012: Wind loads for housing (AS 4055) has been inconsistently used in the wind loading classification...
During a lifeguard training session in July 2019, a new cylinder was to be fitted to an Oxy-Viva set. Two workers were injured when a worker ‘cracked’ a ‘C’ size medical oxygen cylinder. Cracking...
Commonly reported trust account audit qualifications for real estate and business agents and how to deal with them For settlement agents, see Trust account audit qualifications for settlement agents...
26 September 2019 Maintaining trust account security Consumer Protection recently learned of a trust account scam attempt made via payment from the trust account to a credit card. Fortunately the...