Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not, in trade or commerce, make a representation that is false or misleading in a material particular about the profitability or risk or any other material aspect of any business activity that the person has represented as one that can be, or can be to a considerable extent, carried on at or from a person's place of residence.
(2) If a person, in trade or commerce, invites, whether by advertisement or otherwise, people to engage or participate, or to offer or apply to engage or participate, in a business activity requiring the performance by the people concerned of work, or the investment of money by the people concerned and the performance by them of work associated with the investment, the person must not make, in relation to the profitability or risk or any other material aspect of the business activity, a representation that is false or misleading in a material particular.