Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if the planning and land authority believes on reasonable grounds that—
(a) a person (the seller ) has for sale, or may have sold, an article of electrical equipment; and
(b) the article is prohibited, does not comply with the relevant standard or is, for any reason, unsafe.
(2) The planning and land authority may give the seller a direction in writing to do all or any of the following:
(a) advertise, in a way stated in the direction, warnings approved by the authority about the risks associated with the use of the article;
(b) refrain from selling the article;
(c) recall an article sold, and—
(i) take action stated in the direction to make the article safe and compliant with the relevant standard; or
(ii) if it is not practicable to act in accordance with subparagraph (i) or the seller chooses not to take such action—refund to the buyer the purchase price of the article.
(3) A direction to recall an article may require the seller to give written notice of the recall to people to whom the seller sold, or may have sold, an article to which the direction relates.
(4) A person must not engage in conduct that contravenes a direction given to the person under this section.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.