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Minister for Better Regulation and Fair Trading
Incumbent Anoulack Chanthivong since 5 April 2023 (2023-04-05)
Department of Customer Service
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Frederick Hewitt (as the Minister for Consumer Affairs)
Formation	3 December 1973

The Minister for Better Regulation and Fair Trading is a minister in the Government of New South Wales responsible for administering legislation and policy in relation to consumer affairs and SafeWork regulation in New South Wales, Australia.

The current minister is Anoulack Chanthivong since 5 April 2023, who also serves as the Minister for Industry and Trade.

The minister assists the Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government administer their portfolios through the Customer Service cluster, in particular NSW Fair Trading.

Ultimately the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

Roles and responsibilities

Co-operative Societies (1949-1995)

The Registrar of Co-Operative Societies was established under the Building and Co-operative Societies Act 1901. The Registrar of Co-operative Societies could inquire into the working and financial condition of a society or authorise any public servant, accountant, or actuary to inspect any minutes or books or to examine into, and report upon, the affairs of a society. In 1923 and advisory council was established by the Co-operation, Community Settlement and Credit Act 1923, to make recommendations to the Treasurer. The Council submitted recommendations about the rules and regulations relating to societies and any action to be taken by the Treasurer, including the appointment of committees. The Registrar of Co-operative Societies was an ex officio member of the Council and the Treasurer could attend any meeting, and would preside over such meetings. The ministerial position was created in a ministerial reshuffle in the second McGirr ministry October 1949 with responsibilities transferring from the Treasurer to the Minister for Co-operative Societies. The inaugural minister Clarrie Martin held the portfolio in addition to his portfolio of Attorney–General.

From February 1983 the ministerial responsibilities were transferred to the Minister for Housing. The responsibilities were transferred to the Attorney General in January 1986, with the portfolio being formally re-created in February 1986 and filled by Terry Sheahan, who was also the Attorney General. The portfolio was abolished in the first Greiner ministry in March 1988 with the responsibilities allocated to the Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs. It was re-created in the second Greiner ministry. It was abolished in April 1995 and the responsibilities transferred to the Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs.

Consumer Affairs (1973-1995)

The portfolio was established in December 1973 in the sixth Askin ministry and the major task of the portfolio was to ensure consumers were treated fairly. This was handled by consumer education, providing a complaints service, licensing some occupational groups, investigating prices and charges, responsible for weights and measures and landlord and tenant matters. The administrative units responsible to the Ministry included the Consumer Affairs Council and Consumer Affairs Bureau, the Weights and Measures Office, the Prices Branch and Registry of Consumer Claims Tribunals. The establishment of the Ministry also coincided with three entirely new acts of Parliament dealing with important aspects of consumer protection, namely the Consumer Claims Tribunals Act 1974, the Pyramid Sales Act 1974 and the Motor Dealers Act 1974.

The Fair Trading Minister is responsible for the regulation of various occupations, organisations and industries including incorporated associations, hairdressers, charitable fundraisers, pawnbrokers, biofuels and co-operatives.

List of ministers

Former ministerial titles

Co-operative Societies

The Minister for Co-operative Societies, later Minister for Cooperatives was a ministry in the government of New South Wales, with responsibility for regulating and registering co-operative societies, including housing societies, friendly societies, Starr-Bowkett Societies, credit unions and building societies. It has had three iterations, from September 1949 until February 1983, from February 1986 until March 1988 and from June 1991 until April 1995.

Regulatory Reform

See also

• List of New South Wales government agencies

References

1. "About Fair Trading". NSW Fair Trading. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
2. Building and Co-operative Societies Act 1901 (NSW)
3. Co-operation, Community Settlement and Credit Act 1923 (NSW)
4. ^ "AGY-1745 Registrar of Co-operative Societies (1902-1979)". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 8 December 2021.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
5. "Transfer of the administration of certain acts to the Minister for Co-operative Societies (200)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 October 1949. p. 3165. Retrieved 8 December 2021 – via Trove.
6. ^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
7. "Schedule 6: Acts to be transferred from the administration of the Minister for Co-operative Societies to the Minister for Housing (19)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 1 February 1983. p. 514. Retrieved 9 December 2021 – via Trove.
8. "Administrative Changes Order (No 4) 1988 (73)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 15 April 1988. p. 2272. Retrieved 9 December 2021 – via Trove.
9. "Administrative Changes (General) Order 1991 (101)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 28 June 1991. p. 5328. Retrieved 9 December 2021 – via Trove.
10. "AGY-3081 Department of Local Government and Co-operatives". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 8 December 2021.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
11. "PFO-145 Consumer Affairs [I]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
12. "AGY-1050 Ministry of Consumer Affairs (1973-1976) Department of Consumer Affairs [I] (1976-1988)". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
13. "Administrative Arrangements (Second Perrottet Ministry - Allocation of Acts and Agencies) Order 2021". Legislation NSW. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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18. Raper, Ashleigh (31 July 2022). "NSW Minister Eleni Petinos sacked by Premier Dominic Perrottet after anonymous complaint by staffer". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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21. "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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