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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Fair Trading (Consumer Contracts) Act 2004
Act No.
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1. Purpose 1
2. Commencement 2
3. Application of Part 2B 2
4. Increase in threshold for telephone marketing agreements 2
5. Definition of "raffle", "lottery" and "ticket" 2
ENDNOTES 3
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Initiated in Assembly 11 May 2004
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A BILL
to amend the Fair Trading Act 1999 in relation to the application of
the unfair terms provisions and the telephone marketing provisions of
that Act and for other purposes.
Fair Trading (Consumer Contracts) Act
2004
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1. Purpose
The main purpose of this Act is to amend the Fair
Trading Act 1999--
(a) to allow the regulations to prescribe classes
of consumer credit contracts to which
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Part 2B of the Act (Unfair Terms in
Consumer Contracts) will apply; and
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(b) to increase the threshold amount for the
application of Division 2A of Part 4 of the
Act (Telephone Marketing Agreements).
2. Commencement
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(1) This Act (except sections 4 and 5) comes into
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operation on the day after the day on which it
receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Sections 4 and 5 come into operation on
30 August 2004.
3. Application of Part 2B
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See: In section 32V(a) of the Fair Trading Act 1999,
Act No.
after "contract" insert "(other than a contract in a
16/1999.
Reprint No. 1 prescribed class of contract)".
as at
9 October
2003 and
amending
Act Nos
30/2003 and
106/2003.
LawToday:
www.dms.
dpc.vic.
gov.au
4. Increase in threshold for telephone marketing
agreements
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In section 67A(1)(d)(ii) of the Fair Trading Act
1999, for "$50" substitute "$100".
5. Definition of "raffle", "lottery" and "ticket"
In section 67H(7) of the Fair Trading Act 1999,
for "section 3 of the Gaming No. 2 Act 1997"
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substitute "section 1.3 of the Gambling
Regulation Act 2003".
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ENDNOTES
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By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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