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DATA SHARING LEGISLATION
THE AUSTRALIAN AUTOMOTIVE
Aftermarket Association (AAAA) and the Motor Trades Association of Austral- ia Limited (MTAA) has welcomed intro- duction into the Australian Parliament, legislation to mandate access to motor vehicle service and repair information.
AAAA CEO Stuart Charity, and MTAA CEO Richard Dudley, say the legislation is ground-breaking. It captures and im- proves the critical elements of existing international legislation and regulation, provides an Australian market-based legislative solution with operational guidance and the automotive sector’s ongoing involvement.
Charity and Dudley said they en- couraged all Parliamentarians to pro- vide bipartisan support for the pas- sage of the legislation through Parliament and its timely enactment. AAAA and MTAA look forward to working with the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), the Australian Automotive Dealer Associ- ation (AADA), the Australian Auto- mobile Association (AAA) to establish
the industry-led Scheme Adviser, to meet requirements of the legislation and start the flow of information.
FCAI says it supports the intent but questions the administrative burden of the legislation will bring.
FCAI Chief Executive Tony Weber said that the new regulations will re- quire car repairers to demonstrate that they are eligible to access the informa- tion to each car company individually.
“Instead of supporting the service and repair industry to provide out- standing service to their customers, the legislation creates onerous admin- istrative compliance checks at an an- nual estimated compliance cost of around $30 million.
“This is a red tape nightmare for everyone concerned. Repairers will have to make up to 60 separate annual applications to the car companies and other data providers. A simple change to the legislation could have made the process one application to prove eligi- bility to access information for all Aus- tralian car brands. ”