Casual Mall Licensing Code of Practice
The Code can be accessed here
Casual Mall Licensing Code of Practice Fact Sheet – translated versions
The Arabic translation of the Fact Sheet can be accessed here.
The Simplified Chinese translation of the Fact Sheet can be accessed here.
The Hindi translation of the Fact Sheet can be accessed here.
The Vietnamese translation of the Fact Sheet can be accessed here.
Casual Mall Licensing Code of Practice Fact Sheet – for provision to tenants and licensees
The Fact Sheet can be accessed here
Update – August 2023
The Casual Mall Licensing Code of Practice Fact Sheet has been translated into four different languages – Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Hindi and Vietnamese.
The Code Administration Committee has released these translated Fact Sheets so that the Code becomes more accessible to tenants, licensees and the broader community.
The translated Fact Sheets will be offered by leasing teams to more reliably inform tenants about casual mall licensing.
A copy of the media release accompanying the release of the translated Fact Sheets can be accessed here.
Update – April 2021
This Casual Mall Licensing Code of Practice has been agreed between the Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) and the National Retail Association (NRA). The Code has been authorised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for a period of ten years until 31 December 2030. Any changes to the Code’s governance arrangements, including composition of the Code Administration Committee, will be notified at this website.
Update – December 2019
The membership of the Casual Mall Licensing Code Code Administration Committee (CAC), detailed at clause 16 of the Code, has changed.
The CAC will now comprise ten representatives, five landlord and five retailer, as follows:
- One representative nominated by the National Retail Association;
- One representative nominated by the National Online Retailers Association;
- One representative nominated by the Australian Retailers Association;
- One representative nominated by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia;
- One representative nominated by the Restaurant and Catering Industry Association of Australia;
- Five representatives nominated by the Shopping Centre Council of Australia.
The Committee is chaired by an independent person, Mark Brennan, a lawyer and former Australian Small Business Commissioner, Victorian Small Business Commissioner and Chairman of the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation.
Update – March 2018
The membership of the Casual Mall Licensing Code Code Administration Committee (CAC), detailed at clause 16 of the Code, has changed.
The CAC will now comprise ten representatives, five landlord and five retailer, as follows:
- One representative nominated by the National Retail Association;
- One representative nominated by the National Online Retailers Association;
- One representative nominated by the Australian Retailers Association;
- One representative nominated by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia;
- One representative nominated by the Franchise Council of Australia;
- Five representatives nominated by the Shopping Centre Council of Australia.
The Committee is chaired by an independent person, Mark Brennan, a lawyer and former Australian Small Business Commissioner, Victorian Small Business Commissioner and Chairman of the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation.
Update – March 2018
This Casual Mall Licensing Code of Practice has been agreed between the Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) and the National Retail Association (NRA). The Code has been authorised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for a period of three years until 31 December 2020. Any changes to the Code’s governance arrangements, including composition of the Code Administration Committee, will be notified at this website. The Code can be accessed here.
Other activities in accordance with the ACCC’s 2017 determination are ongoing.
For further information, please contact the SCCA on 02 9299 3512 or at scca@scca.org.au.
January 2018
The Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) and the National Retail Association (NRA) lodged an application with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for reauthorisation of the Casual Mall Licensing Code of Practice (the Code) in July 2017.
The ACCC issued a Final Determination on 20 December 2017 reauthorising the Code, with an effective date of 11 January 2018.
Subject to the reauthorisation of the Code, the SCCA and NRA proposed to progress minor amendments to the Code’s governance arrangements only. An updated version of the Code will be published on this website, and circulated to relevant stakeholders for use, when these new arrangements have been resolved. In the interim period, the Code as authorised by the ACCC in February 2013 will continue to be circulated to lessees as necessary. See below for further information, and for a copy of that Code.
For further information, please contact the SCCA on 02 9299 3512 or at scca@scca.org.au.
Recent Submissions
Please contact us on scca@scca.org.au if you would like a copy of any recent submissions.