Australian Capital Territory Consolidated ActsIf—
(a) the time fixed for delivery by a seller of goods the subject of a lay-by sale agreement has passed; and
(b) the seller does not deliver the goods on request by the buyer;
the buyer may recover from the seller the amount that the buyer has paid under the agreement as a debt due and payable by the seller to the buyer, and, if the market or current price of the goods at the time fixed for delivery exceeds the purchase price, the amount of that excess.