FAIR TRADING ACT 2010 - SECT 8
FAIR TRADING ACT 2010 - SECT 8
8 . Term used: services
(1) In this Act (other
than Part 3 and the Australian Consumer Law (WA) ) —
services includes any rights (including rights in
relation to, and interests in, real or personal property), benefits,
privileges or facilities that are, or are to be, provided, granted or
conferred in trade or commerce.
(2) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (1), the definition of services includes the
rights, benefits, privileges and facilities that are, or are to be, provided,
granted or conferred under —
(a) a
contract for or in relation to —
(i)
the performance of work (including work of a professional
nature), whether with or without the supply of goods; or
(ii)
the provision of gas or electricity or the provision of
any other form of energy; or
(iii)
the provision for reward of lodging or accommodation; or
(iv)
the provision, or making available for use, of facilities
for amusement, entertainment, recreation or instruction; or
(v)
the conferring of rights, benefits or privileges for
which remuneration is payable in the form of a royalty, tribute, levy or
similar exaction;
or
(b) a
contract of insurance; or
(c) a
contract between a banker and a customer of the banker entered into in the
course of the carrying on by the banker of the business of banking; or
(d) a
contract for or in relation to the lending of money.
(3) The definition of
services does not include rights or benefits being the supply of goods or the
performance of work under a contract of service.
(4) Legal services as
defined in the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) section 6(1) are not services
for the purposes of this section.
[Section 8 amended: No. 9 of 2022 s. 424.]