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- FuelCheck TAS - Consumers
  Information on FuelCheck TAS - the free fuel price monitoring online service and mobile app. Includes android and iOS download options.
- FuelCheck TAS - Retailers
  Information for fuel retailers on FuelCheck TAS - the real time fuel price monitoring system in Tasmania
- Refunds, repairs and returns
  Your consumer rights relating to refund, repair or replacement
- Warranties and consumer guarantees
  Advice on your consumer rights, guarantees and warranties
- Problems with products or services
  Advice on your consumer rights and what to do if you have problems with products or services
- Buying products or services
  Buying products and services, online shopping, buying a car, and how to avoid being scammed
- Product safety
  Advice on product safety including bans and recalls
- Business practices
  Disposal of Uncollected Goods
- Prepaid funerals
  Information on pre-paid funerals, agreements, trusts and prepaid funeral businesses
- Housing
- MyBond
  New online rental bond management system
- Renting
  Tenancy agreements, minimum standards, maintenance and repairs, share houses, subletting
- Boarding houses
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- Caravan parks
  Provides general information about caravan and holiday parks, standards and national accreditation
- Retail tenancy
  Outlines general information on retail leases including Code of Practice for Retail Tenancies, bonds, end a lease and resolving disputes
- Retirement villages
  Outlines general information on retirement villages including definitions, operator contractor requirements and resolving disputes
- Private power poles
  Information for owners of private power poles in Tasmania
- Electrical and Gas Standards and Safety
- Gas Standards and Safety
  Information for trades, professionals and home owners on gas standards and safety in Tasmania
- Newsletter
  Access past editions and subscribe to the CAT email newsletter for news and up-to-date information on the building and construction industry in Tasmania
- Electricity Standards and Safety
  Information for trades, professionals and home owners on electrical standards and safety in Tasmania
- CPD (Continuing Professional Development)
  Information on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in Tasmania
- Licensing and Registration
- Licensed Occupations
  Apply for, renew, update and cancel a licence; add an occupation to a licence; replace a licence card: if you are an owner builder, building services provider, electrician, plumber, gas-fitter, auto gas-fitter, security and investigation agent, motor vehicle trader, or conveyancer
- Search licensed occupations
  Search for a licensed trade or building services provider, conveyancer, motor vehicle trader, security agent or asbestos licence holder.
- Proving your identity in Tasmania
  Information on documents you can use when proving your identity in Tasmania
- Co-operatives
  Apply to register a co-operative and find the forms, publications and reports that are necessary to submit annual returns and run a co-operative.
- CPD (Continuing Professional Development)
  CPD - Continuing Professional Development
- Licence registration accreditation fees
  Fees for licensing, registration, building and plumbing product/service accreditation,security agents, motor vehicle traders, conveyancers, working with vulnerable people, incorporated associations and cooperatives
- Personal Information Protection Statement
  Department of Justice / CAT Personal Information Protection Statement
- Occupational Licensing (Building Services Work) Determination
  Administrator's Determination on Building Services Work 2019. Determination for building services providers. Supersedes the Scheme for Accreditation of Building Practitioners 2008.
- Clubs and fundraising
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  Collecting for charities in Tasmania
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- General forms publications and reports
  General forms, publications and reports
- Building and trades forms, publications and reports
  Building and trade forms, publications and reports
- Apply for a licence or a registration
  Information on applying for a trade-based licence or to register to work with vulnerable people in Tasmania
- Legislation
  List of current legislation administered by Consumer Affairs Tasmania
- CAT fee schedule
  Complete list of all fees administered by Consumer Affairs Tasmania
- Other consumer protection and legal services
  Links to other consumer protection and legal service providers
- Newsletter
  The CAT newsletter is aimed at trade professionals and has replaced Connections magazine.
- Occupational Licensing Determinations
  Forms, determinations, publications and reports for builders and tradespeople
- Guide to renting in Tasmania
  Explains the rights and responsibilities for tenants, property owners and agents when renting a residential property in Tasmania
- Sample letter consumer trader
  Sample letter consumers can use as a guide to write a letter to a trader about problems with a product or service

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