---
title: "Warranty against defects: contents and mandatory text"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/warranty-against-defects-text"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a29-warranty-against-defects-text"
area_id: "A29"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A29-U20261018-7"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Warranty against defects: contents and mandatory text

> Checklist of what the ACCC warranties page says a warranty against defects must contain, including the mandatory text for goods, services, or both.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/warranty-against-defects-text  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Competition & Consumer Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when checking a document that promises what a business will do if goods or services go wrong. The promise is in addition to the consumer guarantees. This checklist does not create the warranty.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft a warranty against defects document with the mandatory text](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/draft-a-warranty-against-defects-document-with-the-mandatory-text.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may compare a draft with the contents list and the mandatory text on the ACCC page and mark any missing item, and the lawyer settles the warranty and does not allow the mandatory text to be changed.

**AI may:**

- Mark which of the page's required items appear in the draft
- Compare the mandatory paragraphs in the draft with the wording on the page and mark any difference
- Record whether the draft is for goods, for services supplied after 9 June 2019, or for both

**AI must not:**

- Must not change the mandatory text
- Must not decide the warranty period, the claim steps, or who pays expenses
- Must not say that the consumer guarantees are limited by the warranty

**The lawyer checks:**

- The correct mandatory text is included exactly, for goods, services, or both
- The business name, address, email and telephone number are the business that gives the warranty
- Nothing else in the document limits or negates the mandatory text
- The mandatory information is available with the product, not only on a website or in store

## Authorities

- [ACCC, Warranties, including the mandatory text for a warranty against defects](https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/buying-products-and-services/warranties)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/warranty-against-defects-text and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*