Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person shall not, in trade or commerce, advertise goods or services for supply at a specified price if there are reasonable grounds, of which the person is aware, or ought reasonably to be aware, for believing that the person will not be able to offer for supply those goods or services at that price for a period that is, and in quantities that are, reasonable having regard to the nature of the market in which the person carries on business and the nature of the advertisement.
Maximum penalty--540 penalty units.
(2) A person who has, in trade or commerce, advertised goods or services for supply at a specified price shall offer the goods or services for supply at that price for a period that is, and in quantities that are, reasonable having regard to the nature of the market in which the person carries on business and the nature of the advertisement.
Maximum penalty--540 penalty units.
(3) In proceedings for an offence in relation to a failure to offer goods or services to a person (the customer) in accordance with subsection (2), it is a defence if it is established that--
(a) the defendant offered to supply, or to procure another person to supply, goods or services of the kind advertised to the customer within a reasonable time, in a reasonable quantity and at the advertised price; or
(b) the defendant offered to supply immediately, or to procure another person to supply within a reasonable time, equivalent goods or services to the customer in a reasonable quantity and at the price at which the first goods or services were advertised;
and, in either case, where the offer was accepted by the customer, the defendant has so supplied, or procured another person to supply, goods or services.