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Home > How to franchise a business > Franchise Regulations Australia > The Oil Code
Like the Franchising Code of Conduct, the Oil Code is a mandatory industry code under the Competition and Consumer Act (2010), and is enforced by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
The Oil Code regulates the conduct of suppliers, distributors and retailers in the petroleum marketing industry – many of which are franchised - and aims to:
In some regards the Oil Code seeks to achieve similar outcomes to the Franchising Code of Conduct, particularly in relation to disclosure and dispute resolution.
But unlike the Franchising Code, which has no state equivalent and exists only as federal legislation, the Oil Code exists concurrently with state regulation of the petroleum industry in the states of Victoria and Western Australia.
The introduction of the Oil Code on 1 March 2007 included the repeal of two previous pieces of legislation: the Petroleum Retail Marketing Sites Act 1980; and the Petroleum Retail Franchise Act 1980.
View the complete Oil Code regulations.
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