Vikas Thakur / / 14 min readFrom 1 July 2027, a clinic membership or skin subscription that renews automatically must give the patient an easy, findable way to cancel, online if they signed up online. The Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Act 2026 passed Parliament and received Royal Assent on 2 July 2026 but has not yet commenced, and this guide covers what qualifies and what the build needs to do about it.
Vikas Thakur / / 14 min readFrom 1 July 2027, the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Act 2026 prohibits conduct that manipulates a consumer or unreasonably distorts the environment in which they decide, and law firm analysis of the Act names false urgency, confirm shaming and hidden cancellation menus as the kind of conduct it targets. As at 30 September 2026 the Act has passed but not commenced, so this guide covers which booking funnel patterns to remove before then, and which are already a live enforcement risk under existing consumer law.
Vikas Thakur / / 11 min readThe TGA's Compliance Principles 2026-27 names therapeutic goods used in cosmetic procedures, including dermal fillers and anti-wrinkle injectables, as a stated enforcement priority for the full two-year window. Across June and July 2026, two separate infringement actions against practitioners over unapproved injectable imports totalled $31,680 combined, with the TGA explicitly linking one action to this priority.
Vikas Thakur / / 13 min readFrom 1 July 2027, any mandatory booking or transaction fee must sit next to the price you display, not appear for the first time at checkout. The Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Act 2026 passed Parliament on 2 July 2026 but has not yet commenced, and this guide covers what to change in your booking flow before it does.