New and small businesses
Getting the right advice on planning, legal rules, and finances will help your new or small business succeed. There is support available to help you follow laws and help your business grow.
Product safety for business
A business must make sure their products meet mandatory standards and bans and be safe to use.
You can look up products on the Product Safety Australia website to find details on many banned products including photos.
Checklist for businesses:
Before you import or sell a product check:
Fitness businesses
Fitness suppliers and services must follow the WA Fitness Industry Code of Practice.
The code ensures there are appropriate standards of service. This encourages and maintains consumer confidence in the fitness industry
Fitness suppliers
A fitness supplier is a business or individual who provides a fitness service, ie:.
Cooling-off and cancelling fitness services
In Western Australia, consumers can cancel fitness services at any time by letter or email. You do not have to give notice in person.
Register a limited partnership
Partnerships must meet certain criteria to be registered in Western Australia:
Register a limited partnership
To be registered as a limited partnership (LP) in Western Australia, the partnership must have:
Cooling-off periods for fitness memberships
You can cancel your membership, without the need to provide a reason, within seven days of signing an agreement. A simple email is all that is required. You do not have to give notice in person.
Under the WA Fitness Industry Code of Practice, it is also the fitness provider’s responsibility to cancel any third-party direct payment agreements you have in place to pay for your membership.
Other important information:
Choosing a fitness service
Many fitness suppliers offer a trial pass or allow you to pay per visit, so you can see if their service is right for you. You must be given the opportunity to inspect a fitness service before you join. Don’t be pressured into making a decision.
Fitness suppliers and services must follow the WA Fitness Industry Code of Practice.
Retail trading hours
The hours a retail shop can be open for trading depends on the type of shop it is and its location. There are also extended trading rules for opening on public holidays and around Christmas.
Christmas shopping trading hours
WA consumers can take advantage of the extra shopping hours over the Christmas season:
What is a co-operative?
A co-operative is an autonomous association of persons who voluntarily join together to meet common business, social and cultural needs through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise.
Co-operatives play an important role in our economy and community. They are diverse organisations and are often regionally based supporting a wide range of industries including retail, agriculture, water distribution, manufacturing, taxi services and arts and crafts.
Examples of unsolicited consumer agreements
Some typical examples of situations that may lead to an unsolicited agreement being made are: