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FAIR TRADING ACT 1987

Table of Provisions

PART 1--Preliminary

  • 1 Short title
  • 3 Interpretation
  • 4 Crown bound
  • 4A Extraterritorial application
  • 4B Administration of Act

PART 2--Commissioner for Consumer Affairs

PART 3--Australian Consumer Law

Division 1--Application of Australian Consumer Law

Division 2--References to Australian Consumer Law

Division 3--Application of Australian Consumer Law to Crown

Division 4--Miscellaneous

  • 25A Application of Australian Consumer Law (SA) to bills under Legal Practitioners Act 1981
  • 26 Conferral of functions and powers on certain bodies
  • 27 No doubling-up of liabilities
  • 28 Certain proceedings prevented in certain circumstances
  • 28A Minister may require information
  • 28B Minister to publish certain notices in Gazette
  • 28C Cost of testing

PART 3A--Industry codes

  • 28D Interpretation
  • 28E Contravention of industry codes
  • 28F Regulations relating to industry codes

PART 3B--Regulation of motor vehicle insurers and repairers

  • 28G Object of Part
  • 28H Interpretation
  • 28I Declaration of industry code of conduct in relation to motor vehicle insurers and repairers
  • 28J Compliance with applicable code of conduct
  • 28K Insurer must disclose relevant interest in relation to repairer
  • 28L Regulations

PART 4--Fair reporting

  • 29 Interpretation
  • 30 Application of Part
  • 31 Procedures in respect of prescribed reports
  • 32 Duties of traders
  • 33 Duties of reporting agencies
  • 34 Correction of errors
  • 35 Qualified privilege
  • 36 Offences
  • 37 Powers of District Court

PART 4A--Regulation of event ticket transactions

Division 1--Preliminary

  • 37A Interpretation
  • 37B Tickets to which Part applies
  • 37C Meaning of event organiser

Division 2--Resale of tickets

  • 37D Interpretation
  • 37E Meaning of original supply cost
  • 37F Meaning of prohibited advertisement
  • 37G Restriction on ticket resale profit
  • 37H Supply of tickets not to be made contingent on other purchases
  • 37I Ticket resale advertising
  • 37J Defence for certain ticket sales
  • 37K Certain resale restrictions void

Division 3--Online purchase of tickets

  • 37L Prohibited conduct in relation to use of ticketing websites

Division 4--Public disclosure of ticketing information

  • 37M Minister may require notification of number of tickets available for general public sale

Division 5--Review of Part

  • 37N Review of Part

PART 5--Additional consumer protection provisions

  • 41 Advertisements must not state or imply approval of consumer affairs authority
  • 42 Recreational services
  • 43 Unlawful actions and representations
  • 43A Prohibition on trading or carrying on business as Starr-Bowkett society

PART 6--Third-party trading schemes

  • 44 Interpretation
  • 45 Power of Minister to approve third-party trading schemes
  • 45A Power of Minister to prohibit third-party trading schemes
  • 45B Offences
  • 45C Regulations

PART 6B--Fuel pricing information

  • 45F Scheme may be established by regulation

PART 7--Enforcement and remedies

Division A1--Interpretation

  • 46 Interpretation

Division 1--Legal proceedings and warnings

Division 1A--Authorised officers

Division 2--Assurances and enforcement orders

  • 79 Assurances
  • 80 Registration of deeds of assurance
  • 81 Offence
  • 82 Enforcement orders

Division 3--Civil remedies

  • 82A Application of Division
  • 83 Injunctions
  • 85 Orders for compensation
  • 86 Sequestration orders

Division 3A--Civil penalties and civil expiation notices

Subdivision 1--Interpretation
  • 86A Interpretation
  • Subdivision 2--Civil penalties
  • 86B Civil penalties
  • Subdivision 3--Civil expiation notices
  • 86C Certain civil penalty contraventions may be expiated
  • 86D Civil expiation notices
  • 86E Late payment
  • 86F Effect of expiation
  • 86G Commencement of proceedings if expiation fee not paid
  • 86H Withdrawal of civil expiation notices
  • 86I Service of civil expiation notice or withdrawal notice

Division 4--General

  • 86J Application of Division
  • 87 Prosecutions
  • 88 Defences
  • 90 Vicarious liability
  • 91 Evidentiary provisions

PART 12--Miscellaneous

  • 92 Saving of other rights or remedies
  • 95 Service
  • 96 Contracting out prohibited
  • 96A Confidentiality
  • 96B Delegation by Minister responsible for administration of Small Business Commissioner Act
  • 97 Regulations
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