Government
of South Australia

Minister for State/Local Government Relations
Minister for the Status of Women
Minister for Volunteers
Minister for Consumer Affairs
Minister Assisting in Early Childhood Development
4th Floor
45 Pine Street Adelaide SA 5000 GPO Box 1563
Adelaide SA 5001 DX 128
Tel 08 8463 6611 Fax 08 8463 6642
Minister. Rankine@saugov.sa.gov.au

 

 

 
 
on
MI
ennifer Rankine MP
STER FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Hon Jennifer Rankine MP
OCBA07/00564
Commissioner Neil Byron
The Market for Retail Tenancy Leases in Australia Inquiry Productivity Commission
PO Box 80
BELCONNEN ACT 2616
Dear Commissioner Byron

INQUIRY INTO THE MARKET FOR RETAIL TENANCY LEASES

I acknowledge the opportunity to make an initial submission to this inquiry. I also thank you for meeting with the Commissioner for Consumer Affairs, Mark Bodycoat, and his officers, to informally discuss issues relevant to your terms of reference during your visit to Adelaide with Commissioner Steve Kates and Assistant Commissioner Paul Gretton, on 25 July 2007.

As the Commissioner indicated at your meeting, the Office of Consumer and Business Affairs is not currently aware of significant issues in relation to the operation of the South Australian Retail and Commercial Leases Act 1995.

While it therefore does not seem appropriate to make an initial submission to the Inquiry, I reserve the right to make a final submission following the release of the Inquiry's draft report.

Yours sincerely