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FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - SECT 18

18—Acceptance of consideration etc

        (1)         If a supplier or dealer accepts any money or other consideration from a consumer under a prescribed contract or a related contract or instrument before the expiration of the cooling-off period, the supplier and the dealer are each guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

Expiation fee: $500.

        (2)         Subject to subsection (3), if services are supplied under a prescribed contract before the expiration of the cooling-off period, the supplier is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

Expiation fee: $500.

        (3)         Subsection (2) does not apply to the supply of services of a kind excluded by the regulations from the application of that subsection.



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