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Navigating the Impact of the new Unfair Contract Terms requirements under the Australian Consumer Law within your organisation.
Join us for a 3 hour workshop, with procurement and legal specialist Scott Alden, in an interactive, thought provoking and essential webinar.
After years of advocating for a more collaborative, fair, and equitable approach to contracts with small businesses, the Government has recently implemented new legislation that brings about significant changes in this area. It is now critical for Government and businesses engaging with Small Businesses to prioritise collaborative, thoughtful, and fair contracting practices to avoid substantial fines and the resulting damage to their reputation arising from regulatory non-compliance.
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The Navigating the Impact of the new Unfair Contract Terms requirements under the Australian Consumer Law withing your organisation workshop was developed in partnership with legal Procurement expert, Scott Alden.
Training Description
Session Details
August 22, [1:00 - 4:00 PM, AEST]
Topic introduction:
Old Unfair Contract Regime
Introduction to new regime
Detail explanation of new legislation.
Explanation of terms:
small business
small business contract
potential penalties (up to $50m per clause, per breach, per contract)
How to ensure compliance and avoid the penalties.
Questions and tricky issues.
Interactive session which will use a standard Purchase Order/ Contract to go show, in a real life scenario, how easily Government and Businesses can find themselves inadvertently breaching these important new laws.Price
AUD$450 per person for delegates of 2024 Procurement Australia Conference: Collaborating For Purpose and/or Procurement Australia members (exc. GST).
AUD$550 per person for non-delegates of 2024 Procurement Australia Conference: Collaborating For Purpose and/or non Procurement Australia members (exc. GST).
AUD$1.000 for group bookings of 3 people, delegates of 2024 Procurement Australia Conference: Collaborating For Purpose and/or Procurement Australia members (exc. GST).
AUD$1.500 for group booking of 5 people, delegates of 2024 Procurement Australia Conference: Collaborating For Purpose and/or Procurement Australia members (exc. GST).
AUD$1.200 for group bookings of 3 people, for non-delegates of 2024 Procurement Australia Conference: Collaborating For Purpose and/or non Procurement Australia members (exc. GST).
AUD$1.800 for group bookings of 5 people, for non-delegates of 2024 Procurement Australia Conference: Collaborating For Purpose and/or non Procurement Australia members (exc. GST).
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Meet your trainer: Scott Alden
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With over 20 years’ experience, Scott specialises as a legal advisor on significant projects and procurements for primarily government, but also private sector, clients.
Scott’s role of lead legal advisor to significant projects often incorporates legal and procurement expertise on the same transaction, as well as strategic probity advice.
Scott is a seasoned presenter and trainer and has delivered thousands of training programs to the public and private sector in his career. Most recently Scott has given numerous presentations to the Law Society and to clients on these important legal changes to unfair contracts in Australia. In addition, Scott has provided essential advice to his government and private sector clients in relation to the impact of the unfair contract laws, their commercial contract template documents and the impact on their procurement process.
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In recognition of his position as a leading government lawyer, Scott was one of the first NSW Law Society Accredited Specialists in Government and Administrative Law (with a focus on government commercial and procurement transactions), and has been appointed by the Law Society of NSW as the Head Assessor for that Specialist Accreditation this year. Scott also writes and lectures two procurement courses for the Masters Programs at both the College of Law and the University of Melbourne.
Scott also has a special interest in contract law, particularly for major projects, and is a member of the Australian Advisory Board for the World Commerce and Contracting Association (previously the International Association of Contract and Commercial Management).
Scott is experienced in drafting and implementing key project documents including market sounding/engagement documents, industry briefings, RFTs, tender evaluation plans, tender evaluation reports, commercial contracts and agreements and legal advices and resolutions to support decisions.
Discover more about Scott here.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this training for?
This training series is for anyone in Procurement or has Procurement functions as part of their role.
- Procurement Officers
- Contract Managers
- Project Managers
- Procurement managers
- Contract administrators
- CPOs
- CFOs
- COOs
- Legal Counsel/ in-house lawyers
- Property managers
- Fleet managers
How do I register?
Click the 'Register Here' button under the training you're interested in and you will be redirected to the payment page to complete your registration. Connection and more details will be emailed to you directly.
How much does the training cost?
AUD$450 per person for delegates of 2024 Procurement Australia Conference: Collaborating For Purpose and/or Procurement Australia members (exc. GST).
AUD$550 per person for non-delegates of 2024 Procurement Australia Conference: Collaborating For Purpose and/or non Procurement Australia members (exc. GST).
AUD$1.000 for group bookings of 3 people, delegates of 2024 Procurement Australia Conference: Collaborating For Purpose and/or Procurement Australia members (exc. GST).
AUD$1.500 for group booking of 5 people, delegates of 2024 Procurement Australia Conference: Collaborating For Purpose and/or Procurement Australia members (exc. GST).
AUD$1.200 for group bookings of 3 people, for non-delegates of 2024 Procurement Australia Conference: Collaborating For Purpose and/or non Procurement Australia members (exc. GST).
AUD$1.800 for group bookings of 5 people, for non-delegates of 2024 Procurement Australia Conference: Collaborating For Purpose and/or non Procurement Australia members (exc. GST).
Why should I attend?
To get an up to the minute update on current laws affecting the Tendering Process and all Commercial Contracts in Australia.
To understand the new penalties applying for breach of the Unfair Contract Terms Laws.
To learn how to negotiate fair contracts that comply with the law in Australia.
To understand the commercial positions you can take that legitimately protect your interest and are lawful.
To enable you to ensure that you go to market, negotiate, award and manage contracts so as to avoid breaching the Unfair Contract Laws in Australia.
To understand the types of contracts and arrangements the new laws apply to.
To understand the implications for current arrangements when varying and extending existing contracts.
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