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FAIR TRADING ACT 1992 (NO. 72 OF 1992) - SECT 6

Consumers

6. (1) For the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, a consumer is a person who acquires goods or services from a supplier.

(2) A person is not a consumer for the purposes of this Act if, in the course of a business, he or she acquires, or holds himself or herself out as acquiring, goods or services from a supplier for the purpose of—

        (a)     re-supplying them;

        (b)     using them up or transforming them in or in connection with a process of manufacture or production; or

        (c)     repairing or treating other goods or fixtures on land.

(3) Where it is alleged in any proceedings under this Act or in any other proceedings in respect of a matter arising under this Act that a person was a consumer in relation to particular goods or services, it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is established, that the person was a consumer in relation to those goods or services.



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