Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1975 No. 63 of 1975 - SECT 6

6. After section 63 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:-
Unsolicited credit cards.
''63A. (1) A corporation shall not send a credit card to a person except-

   (a)  in pursuance of a request in writing by the person who will be under a
        liability to the person who issued the card in respect of the use of
        the card; or

   (b)  in renewal or replacement of, or in substitution for-

        (i)    a credit card previously sent to the first-mentioned person in
               pursuance of a request in writing by the person who was under a
               liability to the person who issued the card previously so sent
               in respect of the use of that card; or

        (ii)   a credit card previously sent to the first-mentioned person and
               used for a purpose for which it was intended to be used.

''(2) Sub-section (1) applies only in relation to the sending of a credit card
by or on behalf of the person who issued the card.

''(3) In this section-

'article' includes a token, card or document;

'credit card' means any article of a kind commonly known as a credit card or
any similar article intended for use in obtaining cash, services or goods or
other property on credit, and includes any article of a kind commonly issued
by persons carrying on business to customers or prospective customers of those
persons for use in obtaining services or goods or other property from those
persons on credit.''.
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