TRADE STANDARDS ACT 1979

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--Preliminary

• 1 Short title
• 5 Interpretation
• 6 Act binds Crown
• 7 Saving of other remedies

PART 2--Administration

Division 1--Trade Standards Advisory Council

• 8 Establishment of Council
• 9 Terms and conditions of office
• 10 Allowances and expenses
• 11 Quorum etc
• 12 Validity of acts of the Council
• 13 Functions of the Council

Division 2--General

• 14 Standards officers
• 15 Powers of standards officer
• 16 Minister may require information
• 17 Secrecy
• 18 Cost of testing
• 19 Person acting without authority
• 20 Delegation by Minister
• 21 Annual report

PART 3--Safety standards

• 22 Duty to comply with trade standards
• 23 Safety standards
• 24 Manufacture or supply of dangerous goods or services
• 25 Declaration of dangerous goods and services
• 26 Compensation
• 26A Temporary bans
• 27 Warnings

PART 3A--Defect notices

• 27A Issue of defect notices
• 27B Opportunity for conference to be afforded
• 27C Notification of voluntary recall
• 27D Action not to affect insurance contracts

PART 4--Quality standards

• 28 Goods and services to which this Part applies
• 29 Compliance with quality standards
• 30 Quality standards
• 31 Warnings

PART 5--Information standards

• 32 Offence to provide or fail to provide information in breach of information standard
• 33 Information standards

PART 6--Packaging standards

• 34 Offence to package goods or supply packaged goods in breach of packaging standard
• 35 Packaging standards

PART 7--Miscellaneous

• 36 Discretionary exemptions
• 37 Defences
• 38 Contracts not avoided for breach of Act
• 39 Evidence by certificate
• 40 Evidentiary provisions
• 41 Offences by bodies corporate
• 42 Offences due to act or default of other person
• 43 Prosecutions
• 44 Compensation
• 44A Statutory remedies to be non-exclusive
• 45 Regulations generally
Legislative history The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: