Lost and Found: If you ever lose or forget an item of yours at a shopping centre, please call the customer service desk or centre security, and they will check the ‘lost and found register’ to see if your item has been handed in.
Even if you’re not too sure, but you know you visited that shopping centre, please call and ask and if possible, leave your contact details with the customer service desk or security, and if someone eventually returns your items days later, and you will be called to retrieve it.
Most shopping centres have got a lot of unclaimed lost and found items that they later donate to charity.
Private Property: Many people are not aware that shopping centres are private properties, which are open to the public. So, that means the centre management has the rights to create their own, ‘Conditions of Entry’ and also have ‘Rights of Entry Notification’ to limit access or issue banning notices to individuals who are known to have committed an offence or crime in the past, and their continued visit could endanger other patrons, retailers safety.
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Please check this link to the article by Sydney Morning Herald 15 December 2016 for more details on Private Property.
Bag Check: There is no specific legislation regarding bag check-in in Australia, the Australian Federal Police and almost every state and Territory in Australia have got their advice/policy concerning bag check. They almost all agreed that if the store display’s a bag check notice at the front entry, the retailer can request to check a customer’s bag, and the customer can also refuse a bag check.
Please check the link to the Consumer Affairs Victoria Bag Check Policy for more information.
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Written by Job Moses