Refund, Returns and Remedies Policy Pack (Australia)

Aligned with the Australian Consumer Law

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Use this policy to:
  • Explain statutory refund, return and remedy rights without narrowing them;
  • Keep mandatory Australian Consumer Law remedies separate from change-of-mind benefits;
  • Guide staff to assess major and minor failures and escalate;
  • Set clear processes for proof of purchase, returns and refunds.

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Table of consumer guarantee concepts and practical meanings

About this Document

Use this pack if you:
  • Sell goods, services or digital products directly to consumers in Australia, whether through a retail store, website, social media or a marketplace
  • Need a customer-facing refunds, returns and remedies policy that does not narrow rights under the Australian Consumer Law
  • Want staff to consistently assess major and minor failures and know when to escalate safety, recall or high-value issues
  • Offer a voluntary change-of-mind return and need to keep it clearly separate from non-excludable statutory remedies
  • Want practical tools, including a decision flowchart, assessment form and staff scripts, to roll the policy out
It is suited to:
  • Online and physical retailers selling ordinary consumer goods
  • E-commerce, social-media and marketplace sellers responsible for their own customer policy
  • Professional and personal service providers with straightforward service delivery
  • Small hospitality, beauty, creative, trade and appointment-based businesses
  • Businesses selling downloadable content, software access, courses or other digital products
What this pack covers:
  • A customer-facing policy that confirms goods and services come with guarantees under Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), the Australian Consumer Law
  • Goods and services provisions for major and minor failures, including when a customer may choose a refund, replacement, repair or service remedy
  • Digital products and subscriptions, and how change-of-mind returns are kept separate from statutory rights
  • Delivery damage, missing orders, proof of purchase, refund processing and return or inspection costs
  • Exclusions and customer-caused problems, complaints, escalation and policy approval
  • A refund decision flowchart, a remedy assessment form, staff scripts and worked examples
  • An implementation checklist and publication-location prompts to align websites, receipts and staff procedures
You receive an editable Word template with placeholders for your business details, sales channels, contact points, goods, services and digital products, so you can tailor the policy to your operations before publishing it. It is a practical, lawyer-drafted starting point for handling consumer remedies, not a substitute for tailored legal advice in regulated, high-risk or unusual transactions.

How To Use This Template

This template is a starting point, not a final document. It’s been drafted by Australian lawyers to be practical and flexible, but it still needs to be reviewed and tailored for your specific business, transaction and risk profile.

Before you use it, you should:

  • Complete all placeholders, bracketed items and optional fields;
  • Remove any drafting notes or clauses that aren’t relevant to your situation; and
  • Check that party names, entity details, dates, addresses, contact details and defined terms are accurate.

Make sure the template is consistent with your other documents and obligations – including any existing contracts, policies, procedures, website terms, privacy disclosures, regulatory requirements or internal governance documents. If anything conflicts, it should be resolved before you sign, issue, adopt or implement the document.

If you are using the template as an agreement, it should be reviewed and signed by all relevant parties in accordance with applicable law and your internal signing requirements. If you are using it as a policy, procedure, notice or compliance record, it should be approved and stored under your organisation’s normal document control processes.

This template is provided as general information only and is not legal advice. Complex, high‑value, highly regulated or cross‑border matters will usually require bespoke drafting. For anything outside a straightforward use case, we strongly recommend obtaining legal advice before relying on, signing or implementing this document.

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