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FAIR TRADING ACT 1992 - SECT 10

Extended application of pt 2

    (1)         Part 2 extends to the engaging in conduct outside the ACT by bodies corporate incorporated or carrying on business within the ACT or by persons ordinarily resident in the ACT.

    (2)         If a claim under section 46 is made in proceedings, a person is not entitled to rely at a hearing in relation to those proceedings on conduct to which a provision of this Act extends under subsection (1) except with the written consent of the Minister.

    (3)         A person other than the Minister is not entitled to make an application to the Magistrates Court for an order under section 50 (1) or (2) in proceedings in relation to conduct to which a provision of this Act extends under subsection (1) except with the written consent of the Minister.

    (4)         The Minister must give a consent under subsection (2) or (3) in relation to proceedings unless, in the opinion of the Minister—

        (a)     the law of the place where the conduct concerned was engaged in required or specifically authorised the engaging in of the conduct; and

        (b)     it is not in the public interest that the consent be given.



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