Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

FAIR TRADING ACT 1992 - SECT 5

    In this Act—

        (a)     a reference to engaging in conduct is a reference to doing or refusing to do any act, including—

              (i)     the making of, or the giving effect to a provision of, a contract or arrangement; or

              (ii)     the arriving at, or the giving effect to a provision of, an understanding; or

              (iii)     the requiring of the giving of, or the giving of, a covenant; and

        (b)     a reference to "conduct", when that term is used as a noun otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (a), is a reference to the doing of, or the refusing to do, any act, including—

              (i)     the making of, or the giving effect to a provision of, a contract or arrangement; or

              (ii)     the arriving at, or the giving effect to a provision of, an understanding; or

              (iii)     the requiring of the giving of, or the giving of, a covenant; and

        (c)     a reference to "refusing" to do an act includes a reference to—

              (i)     refraining (otherwise than inadvertently) from doing that act; or

              (ii)     making it known that that act will not be done; and

        (d)     a reference to a person "offering" to do an act, or to do an act on a particular condition, includes a reference to the person making it known that the person will accept applications, offers or proposals for the person to do that act or to do that act on that condition.