Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CONSUMER AFFAIRS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992 (NO. 73 OF 1992) - SECT 12

12. Section 15FE of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) “or”;

        (b)     by adding after paragraph (1) (b) the following word, paragraph and penalty:

“; or         (c)     there is a consumer product information standard applicable to the goods and the goods do not comply with that standard.

Penalty:

        (a)     if the offender is a natural person—$20,000;

        (b)     if the offender is a body corporate—$100,000.”;

    (c)     by omitting subsection (2);

    (d)     by adding at the end of subsection (4) “or prescribed consumer product information standard”;

        (e)     by adding at the end of paragraph (5) (a) “or prescribed consumer product information standard”;

    (f)     by inserting in paragraph (6) (b) “or a dangerous characteristic of the goods” after “defect in the goods”;

    (g)     by omitting from paragraph (6) (b) “in relation to” and substituting “as to a characteristic of”.