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Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012
126APower to obtain information, documents and evidence to investigate or inquire into terms of contract
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126A Power to obtain information, documents and evidence to investigate or inquire into terms of contract
The Director may obtain information, documents and evidence under sections 125 and 126 if the Director believes that a person is capable of providing information, producing documents or giving evidence that may assist the Director in investigating or inquiring into the terms of a consumer contract or small business contract for the purposes of determining whether or not to make an application to the court under section 250 of the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria)—
(a) as if a reference in section 125 to monitoring compliance with this Act or the regulations were a reference to investigating or inquiring into the terms of a consumer contract or small business contract for the purposes of determining whether or not to make an application to the court under section 250 of the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria); and
(b) as if a reference in section 126 to a matter that constitutes, or may constitute, a contravention of this Act were a reference to investigating or inquiring into the terms of a consumer contract or small business contract for the purposes of determining whether or not to make an application to the court under section 250 of the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria).