Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TRADE PRACTICES AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 81 of 1977 - SECT 80

80. Section 172 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub- sections (2)
and (3) and substituting the following sub-sections:-

''(2) The regulations may, either unconditionally or subject to such
conditions as are specified in the regulations, exempt from the application of
this Act or of the provisions of this Act specified in the regulations-

   (a)  conduct engaged in by a specified organization or body that performs
        functions in relation to the marketing of primary products;

   (b)  a prescribed contract or proposed contract, contracts included in a
        prescribed class of contracts, or prescribed conduct, being a
        contract, proposed contract or class of contracts made, or conduct
        engaged in, in pursuance of or for the purposes of a specified
        agreement, arrangement or understanding between the Government of
        Australia and the Government of a country outside Australia; or

   (c)  prescribed conduct engaged in in the course of a business carried on
        by the Commonwealth or by a prescribed authority of the Commonwealth.

''(3) Strict compliance with a form of application or notice prescribed for
the purposes of this Act is not, and shall be deemed never to have been,
required and substantial compliance is, and shall be deemed always to have
been, sufficient.''.