Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Fair Trading Act 1999 - SECT 1

PART 1 PRELIMINARY

Purposes

1. Purposes

The main purposes of this Act are-

   (a)  to promote and encourage fair trading practices and a competitive and
        fair market;

   (aa) to protect consumers;





   (b)  to regulate trade practices;

   (ba) to provide for statutory conditions and warranties in consumer
        contracts;



   (bb) to provide for unfair terms in consumer contracts to be void;



   (c)  to provide for the safety of goods or services supplied in trade or
        commerce and for the information which must be provided with goods or
        services supplied in trade or commerce;

   (d)  to regulate off-business-premises sales and lay-by sales;

   (e)  to provide for codes of practice;

   (f)  to provide for the powers and functions of the Director of Consumer
        Affairs Victoria including powers to conciliate disputes under this
        Act and powers to carry out investigations into alleged breaches of
        this Act;

   (g)  to repeal the Consumer Affairs Act 1972, the Ministry of Consumer
        Affairs Act 1973, the Fair Trading Act 1985 and the Market Court Act
        1978.