Consumer Affairs Victoria provides information and advice on issues including renting, buying and selling property, building, shopping, motor car trading, small businesses and clubs and not-for-profits.
It licenses or registers (in conjunction with the Business Licensing Authority) and regulates a range of occupations, including conveyancers, estate agents, motor car traders, owners corporation managers, sex work service providers, second-hand dealers and pawnbrokers.
"[1] Consumer Affairs Victoria is a component of the Regulation business unit of the Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety.
The Director is also a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Justice and Regulation and an office holder under the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012.
Sex Work Ministerial Advisory Committee - established under the Prostitution Control Act 1994 [7] the Committee is a ministerial advisory body that advises the Minister on issues relating to the regulation and control of the prostitution industry in Victoria.