FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - SECT 79D Definitions
FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - SECT 79D
Definitions79D Definitions
(cf CC Act 1998, s 3 (1) and s 3 (3) (transferred to
definition of "consumer"))
In this Part--
"consumer" means any of the following persons or bodies to whom or to which a
supplier has supplied, or agreed to supply, goods or services (whether or not
under a contract), or with whom or with which a supplier has entered into a
contract that is collateral to a contract for the supply of goods or
services--
(a) a natural person,
(b) a firm (within the meaning of the Partnership Act 1892 ),
(c) a small proprietary company (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth),
(d) an owners corporation constituted under the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 ,
(e) a company that owns an interest in land and has a memorandum or articles of association conferring on each owner of shares in the company a right to occupy under a lease or licence a part or parts of a building erected on the land,
(f) an incorporated association,
(g) an unincorporated body whose members are associated for a common purpose,
(h) a company limited by guarantee (other than a company limited both by shares and by guarantee).
"consumer claim" --see section 79E.
"goods" means any tangible thing that is or may be the subject of trade or commerce, but does not include money or an interest in land.
"services" --see section 79F.
"supplier" means a person who, in the course of carrying on (or purporting to carry on) a business, supplies goods or services.
"supply" --see section 79G.