Notice · Franchising & Distribution
Franchisor notice of breach and opportunity to remedy (s 55 Franchising Code)
Franchisor’s notice to a franchisee of a breach, the steps required to remedy it and the time allowed, meeting s 55 of the Franchising Code, with a pre-issue checklist covering good faith, the agreement’s own notice terms and the separate s 57 and s 58 grounds.
- Kind
- Notice. A formal notice to serve or publish.
- Where it applies
- Australia
- AI use
- Red Keep AI out of the decisive steps. A lawyer does the work.
- Law stated as at
- 17 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked against the cited sources on 17 October 2026.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a franchisor proposes to terminate because of a remediable breach that is not a ground in s 57 or s 58, and the franchisee does not agree to termination. Do not use for termination without breach (s 56) or for s 57 and s 58 grounds, which have their own processes.
How AI may be used
Lawyer-led. A defective notice can invalidate termination. AI may assemble the particulars from compliance records for the lawyer to settle.
AI may
- Assemble a dated chronology of the breach from audit reports, correspondence and records, with references
- Check the notice against the agreement’s notice clause for addressee, address and method
- Calculate the remedy deadline from the date of the notice
AI must not
- Must not decide that a breach has occurred or that termination is justified
- Must not set the remedy steps or the period
- Must not send the notice
The lawyer checks
- Breach described precisely with the clause breached and the evidence
- Remedy steps achievable and the time reasonable (need not exceed 30 days under s 55)
- Good faith, any insolvency stay and any dispute already notified considered before issue
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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