Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Act 2024 (52 of 2024)

Schedule 8   AFCA scheme

Part 1   Main amendments

Corporations Act 2001

10   At the end of Subdivision A of Division 3 of Part 7.10A

Add:

1053B This Division does not restrict ability to make other complaints

To avoid doubt, this Division does not limit the ability of a person to make a complaint under the AFCA scheme (including a complaint relating to superannuation) that is not a superannuation complaint.

Note: Schedule 8 to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Act 2024, which added this section, was enacted as a response to the decision of the Federal Court of Australia in MetLife Insurance Limited v Australian Financial Complaints Authority Limited [2022] FCAFC 173.


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