Fair Trading (Consumer Contracts) Act 2004
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Fair Trading (Consumer Contracts) Act 2004
Act No. 42/2004
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1. Purpose 1
2. Commencement 2
3. Application of Part 2B 2
4. Increase in threshold for telephone marketing agreements 2
5. Definition of "raffle", "lottery" and "ticket" 2
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ENDNOTES 3
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Fair Trading (Consumer Contracts) Act
2004†
[Assented to 16 June 2004]
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1. Purpose
The main purpose of this Act is to amend the Fair
Trading Act 1999—
(a) to allow the regulations to prescribe classes
of consumer credit contracts to which
Part 2B of the Act (Unfair Terms in
Consumer Contracts) will apply; and
(b) to increase the threshold amount for the
application of Division 2A of Part 4 of the
Act (Telephone Marketing Agreements).
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2. Commencement
(1) This Act (except sections 4 and 5) comes into
operation on the day after the day on which it
receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Sections 4 and 5 come into operation on
30 August 2004.
3. Application of Part 2B
In section 32V(a) of the Fair Trading Act 1999,
after "contract" insert "(other than a contract in a
prescribed class of contract)".
4. Increase in threshold for telephone marketing
agreements
In section 67A(1)(d)(ii) of the Fair Trading Act
1999, for "$50" substitute "$100".
5. Definition of "raffle", "lottery" and "ticket"
In section 67H(7) of the Fair Trading Act 1999,
for "section 3 of the Gaming No. 2 Act 1997"
substitute "section 1.3 of the Gambling
Regulation Act 2003".
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s. 2
See:
Act No.
16/1999.
Reprint No. 1
as at
9 October
2003 and
amending
Act Nos
30/2003 and
106/2003.
LawToday:
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gov.au
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ENDNOTES
† Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 12 May 2004
Legislative Council: 3 June 2004
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to amend the Fair Trading
Act 1999 in relation to the application of the unfair terms provisions and
the telephone marketing provisions of that Act and for other purposes."
Endnotes
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