South Australian Consolidated Acts

FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - SECT 36

36—Offences

Subject to this Part, a person who—

            (a)         contravenes, or fails to comply with, a provision of this Part; or

            (b)         contravenes, or fails to comply with, an order made under this Part (other than an order under section 37); or

            (c)         knowingly provides false or misleading information to another person, being a person who is engaged in compiling information for a prescribed report; or

            (d)         divulges information relating to another person from the files of a reporting agency without proper authority to do so or except for the purposes of legal proceedings; or

            (e)         obtains information relating to another person from a reporting agency or trader by false pretences,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.