Recreation South Australia, 2A 900 South Road, Edwardstown SA 5039 Phone 08 8351 2644 Fax 08 8351 2633 Email [email protected] Web www.recreationsa.org Recreation in SA Email newsletter from Recreation South Australia February 2011 WHAT’S INSIDE? • A New Australian Consumer Law Pg 2-3 • Become A Member Pg 3 • Aquatics Pg 4-5 • Get Out and Stay Out Pg 6-7 Want to unsubscribe? Simply email us at [email protected]Want to advertise a job, product or service? Again simply contact us at [email protected]Recreation SA Community Conference Recreation South Australia presents the “Who Are We and How Do We Get People To Use Our Services” Community Recreation forum. - Be entertained by comedian Gordon Southern “Razor sharp wit and cavernous imagination.” www.comedyfestival.com.au: - Have your say on community recreation - Hear about how you can get more people to use your services - Network with your industry Cost: Member: $25 for 1st person, $20 per extra person, Non member: $30 Dates: Friday March 4th from 10am (light lunch provided) Location: Our Space, 104 Greenhill Road, Unley To Book contact Recreation SA Phone: 8351 2644 Email: [email protected]• • • • Gordon Southern
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Recreation South Australia, 2A 900 South Road, Edwardstown SA 5039 Phone 08 8351 2644 Fax 08 8351 2633
From January 2011 Australia has a single National Consumer Protection Law; “The Australian Consumer Law” (ACL).
The ACL replaces previous consumer provisions of the Commonwealth Trade Practices Act of the Federal Government and the State and Territory Fair Trading Acts.
The ACL is all about fair products, contracts and safe and fair sales for all Australians.
The new Australian Consumer Law benefits businesses as it is one set of laws, rather than seventeen different laws and policies over various states. It is clearer for a better understanding and application by all.
A new ACL now means that suppliers of recreational services have the choice to modify, exclude or restrict their statutory obligation to render services with due care and skill in some circumstances.
How does this affect South Australians?• Previously under the Fair Trading Act 1987, South Australian recreational service participants could not
waiver the rights of the consumer. • With a new Australian Consumer Law, recreational service participants may choose to waiver some of their
rights under certain clearly defined circumstances. This requires the signing and acknowledgment of a waiver appropriate to the recreational activity.
• Consumers who do not wish to waiver their rights may not be able to participate in the recreational activity.
What will we be faced with?
We can expect to be seeing waivers like the below example (Extracted from; Fair Trading Regulations 2010) be-fore we participate in recreational activities (Note; the waiver only requires ONE of exclude, restrict or modify).
Community and Outdoor Enews February 20113
A New Australian Consumer Law
Become A Member
Becoming a member of Recreation South Australia will provide a company, association or indi-vidual with many benefits.
Companies and associations need to be a member of Recreation South Australia to be eligible for grants in the community and outdoor sectors.
All members also have the opportunity to:- Have events and news reach a larger audience- Be supported in their events- Advertise on the Recreation South Australia web site and in all of our publications- Receive all of our information (includes training courses and equipment information)- Contact the industry through our newsletters- Attend conferences at a discount- Use our networking opportunities- Have direct access to trade- Be represented at both state and national level- Be part of the committees that shape our industry
Discounts on products at affiliated stores
Because Recreation SA is the peak body of a large number of peak bodies, an advertisement with Recreation SA covers a much larger group than each individual activity body.
We are here to support our members in building stronger outdoor and community activity industries in SA.
Become a member and be part of driving our industry forward.
You must be eighteen years of age to be able to waiver your own rights, in SA you cannot waive the rights of a minor.
Penalties will be implied for failure to comply by the new Australian Consumer Laws, these include;• < $220, 000 for individuals• < $1.1 million for corporations
A court may find that a contract term is unfair; in this case any unfair terms in standard-form consumer contracts will be void. A standard-form consumer contract is a contract designed by one party without the input and nego-tiation of the consumer. Other aspects of the contract will still bind the parties.
Contracts are deemed unfair if;• It would cause a significant imbalance in the party’s rights and obligations arising under the contract.• It is not reasonably necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the party who would be advantaged by
the term.• It would cause detriment (whether financial or otherwise) to a party it were to be applied or relied upon.
A supplier under the new laws must guarantee;• Services will be provided with due care, skill and technique.• Services achieve the results they were told it would.
The new laws prohibit false and misleading testimonials.
The Productivity Commission estimated that this reform could provide benefits to the Australian community of between $1.5 billion and $4.5 billion a year.
For further information visit: www.consumerlaw.gov.au
2011 Aquatics Conference Sponsor
Links Modular Solutions
Links Modular Solutions aims to provide the leisure industry with the best interactive leisure facility management software that will enable the end user to free themselves from the mundane world of data control.
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Get Out and Stay OutGet Out and Stay Out is a South Australian program to support long term participation in adventure activities by reducing the barriers that prevent people from taking up adventure activities as part of their lifestyle.
Why; Adventure activities burn calories, have excellent long term participation rates and are gener-ally green.
Who; Get Out and Stay Out is for the whole outdoor industry. No matter what your involvement (tourism, club, supplier, trainer or accomodation povider), we want you on board.
How can you get involved
If you have not already, go to www.getoutandstayout.org.au and register your details at “becoming part of Get Out and Stay Out.
Then;Tell us when people can do your activity or get a discount, etc.Keep us informed on opportunites in your acitvity(s)Come to GOSO activities
Recreation South Australia Sponsors
Caravan, Camping and Outdoor
Adventure Show
Don’t forget the 2011 Caravan, Camping and Outdoor Adventure Show is this month. Come visit Recreation SA in the centre of the Stirling Angus Pavilion, where many recreational activities will be showing what they provide inside.
Key information can be found from: www.caravanandcampingsa.com.au
VENUEAdelaide ShowgroundGoodwood Road, Wayville
DATESWednesday 23rd February - Sunday 27th February 2011
TIMES10am - 6pm Daily
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Training Calendar 2011
Thursday pm sessions; $10 per member, $20 non-member (covers notes and references)
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Funding
Thursday 10 February 7pm at Recreation SA
Whether it is at home, work or in the club or association, we all know how we could use some extra dollars
- Sources of funding- Funding applications that work- Using funding well
Sponsors
Thursday 10 March 7pm at Recreation SA
Bad news; no one will turn up at your door and throw unlimited amounts of cash at your business without a return of some type. Spon-sors should be thought of as partners. Togeth-er you can achieve mutual goals. Hear how to get and more importantly keep sponsors.
Policies
Thursday 12 May 7pm at Recreation SA
Policies should be the support of an organisa-tion, empowering the members to operate freely and safely
- What policies do I need- Implementing policies- Updating policies
Events
Thursday 9 June 7pm at Recreation SA
Every organisation can use events to build fi-nances, resources and membership. Hear how to run events that don’t get people to “come and try”, but get them to “come and stay”
Other courses
First Aid - price $150
February and March
Outdoor Adventure First Aid with both land and water courses on offer.
Courses satisfy the new First Aid requirements set by the State Government.
The water based course has a number of scenarios dealing with the kayak, sailing and swimming environments. The land based include cliff related scenarios.
Water course: Adelaide Outriggers Club on the Port River.
