Retail Payment System (Ban on Merchant Surcharges) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 499
Retail Payment System (Ban on Merchant Surcharges) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 499
Retail Payment System (Ban on Merchant Surcharges) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 499
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No 499
House of Representatives
Amendment Paper
Retail Payment System (Ban on Merchant Surcharges) Amendment Bill
Proposed amendment
Arena Williams, in Committee, to move the following amendment:
New Part 3
After clause 13 (page 6, after line 10), insert:
Part 3 Publication of information, monitoring, and reporting on certain fees
14 New subpart 4A of Part 3 inserted
In Part 3, after section 51, insert:
Subpart 4A—Publication of information, monitoring, and reporting on certain fees
51A Duty of designated network to make information about certain fees publicly available
(1)
A designated network must publish the information set out in subsection (2) on an Internet site maintained by, or on behalf of, the designated network.
(2)
The information is—
(a)
the average amount of interchange fees that the designated network charges merchants; and
(b)
the total average fees the designated network charges merchants for transactions on their networks.
(3)
In this section, interchange fee, in relation to a designated network, has the same meaning that it has under the network rules of that network.
51B Duty of service provider to make information about merchant service fees publicly available
(1)
A service provider that charges a merchant service fee for facilitating the provision of payment services on a network must publish information regarding the average amount of merchant service fees it charges on an Internet site maintained by, or on behalf of, the service provider.
(2)
In this section, merchant service fee means a fee charged to a merchant by a service provider (for example, a bank) for processing retail payments on a network on behalf of the merchant.
51C Commission must monitor and report on certain fees
(1)
The Commission must monitor the fee information published under sections 51A and 51B for the purpose of making fee information more transparent for consumers.
(2)
The Commission must, as soon as practicable, but within 3 months, after the end of each financial year, prepare a report on the outcome of its monitoring under subsection (1).
(3)
The report must include information about whether the Commission considers the fees are—
(a)
reasonable; and
(b)
competitive; and
(c)
achieving the purpose of this Act.
(4)
The Commission must, no later than 1 month after preparing a report under subsection (2),—
(a)
publish its report to an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Commission; and
(b)
provide a copy of the report to the Minister.
Explanatory note
This Amendment Paper amends the Retail Payment System (Ban on Merchant Surcharges) Amendment Bill.
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