Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act · 2023 Revised Edition
10. Right to cancel certain contracts within cancellation period
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Minister may make regulations prescribing that a consumer who, in relation to a consumer transaction, has entered into a contract falling within any class of contracts specified in the regulations may cancel the contract within a cancellation period specified in the regulations.
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for the administration of this Act;
For the purposes of this section, the Minister may make regulations prescribing —
the manner in which notices of cancellation may be properly given;
any notice that the supplier must give to the consumer and the manner in which such notice may be properly given;
the rights and obligations of parties to a contract cancelled pursuant to regulations made under this section, or any other contract entered into for the purposes of the cancelled contract, including the amount or value of any deposit, security, goods or compensation recoverable in an action arising from the cancellation; and
the effect of cancellation pursuant to regulations made under this section on any rights the parties to the contract may otherwise have.
Terms defined in s 2
consumer
Defined · s 2“consumer” means an individual who, otherwise than exclusively in the course of business — (a) receives or has the right to receive goods or services from a supplier; or (b) has a legal obligation to pay a supplier for goods or services that have been or are to be supplied to another individual;
consumer transaction
Defined · s 2“consumer transaction” means — (a) the supply of goods or services by a supplier to a consumer as a result of a purchase, lease, gift, contest or other arrangement; or (b) an agreement between a supplier and a consumer, as a result of a purchase, lease, gift, contest or other arrangement, in which the supplier is to supply goods or services to the consumer or to another consumer specified in the agreement, but does not include any transaction specified in Schedule 1;
goods
Defined · s 2“goods” means — (a) any personal property, whether tangible or intangible, and includes — (i) chattels that are attached or intended to be attached to real property on or after delivery; and Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) (ii) credit, including credit extended solely on the security of land; (b) any residential property; or (c) a voucher;
Minister
Defined · s 2“Minister” means the Minister responsible for the administration of this Act;
supplier
Defined · s 2“supplier” means a person who, in the course of the person’s business — (a) provides goods or services to consumers; (b) manufactures, assembles or produces goods; (c) promotes the use or purchase of goods or services; or (d) receives or is entitled to receive money or other consideration as a result of the provision of goods or services to consumers, and includes any employee or agent of the person, and the word “supply”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, shall have corresponding meanings;
Spot a mistake in this text? Suggest a correction.