FAIR TRADING ACT 2010 - SECT 17
FAIR TRADING ACT 2010 - SECT 17
17 . Terms used
(1) In this Part,
unless the contrary intention appears —
amend includes replace;
amending law means a Commonwealth Act that amends
either or both of the following —
(a)
Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Commonwealth);
(b) the
regulations made under section 139G of that Act;
application law means —
(a) a
law of a participating jurisdiction that applies the Australian Consumer Law,
either with or without modifications, as a law of the participating
jurisdiction; or
(b) any
regulations or other legislative instrument made under a law described in
paragraph (a); or
(c) the
Australian Consumer Law, applying as a law of the participating jurisdiction,
either with or without modifications;
Australian Consumer Law means (according to the
context) —
(a) the
Australian Consumer Law text; or
(b) the
Australian Consumer Law text, applying as a law of a participating
jurisdiction, either with or without modifications;
Australian Consumer Law text means the text
described in section 18;
Australian Consumer Law (WA) means the provisions
applying in this jurisdiction because of section 19;
instrument means any document whatever, including
the following —
(a) an
Act or an instrument made under an Act;
(b) a
law of this jurisdiction or an instrument made under such a law;
(c) an
award or other industrial determination or order, or an industrial agreement;
(d) any
other order (whether executive, judicial or otherwise);
(e) a
notice, certificate or licence;
(f) an
agreement;
(g) an
application made, prosecution notice lodged, information or complaint laid,
affidavit sworn, or warrant issued, for any purpose;
(h) an
indictment, presentment, summons or writ;
(i)
any other pleading in, or process issued in connection
with, a legal or other proceeding;
Intergovernmental Agreement means the
Intergovernmental Agreement for the Australian Consumer Law made on 2 July
2009 between the Commonwealth, the State of New South Wales, the State of
Victoria, the State of Queensland, the State of Western Australia, the State
of South Australia, the State of Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory
and the Northern Territory of Australia, as in force for the time being;
jurisdiction means a State or the Commonwealth;
law , in relation to a Territory, means a law of,
or in force in, that Territory;
modifications includes additions, omissions and
substitutions;
participating jurisdiction means a jurisdiction
that is a party to the Intergovernmental Agreement and applies the Australian
Consumer Law as a law of the jurisdiction, either with or without
modifications;
State includes a Territory;
Territory means the Australian Capital Territory
or the Northern Territory of Australia;
this jurisdiction means Western Australia.
(2) Terms used in this
Part and also in the Australian Consumer Law (WA) have the same meanings in
this Part as they have in that Law.
(3) For the purposes
of this Part —
(a) a
jurisdiction is taken to have applied the Australian Consumer Law as a law of
the jurisdiction if a law of the jurisdiction substantially corresponds to the
provisions of the Australian Consumer Law text, as in force from time to time;
and
(b) the
corresponding law is taken to be the Australian Consumer Law, or the
Australian Consumer Law text, applying as a law of that jurisdiction.
[Section 17 amended: No. 34 of 2022 s. 4.]