Competition and Consumer Act 2010
131ADivision does not apply to financial services
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131A Division does not apply to financial services
(1) Despite section 131, this Division does not apply, other than in relation to the following provisions of Schedule 2 as they apply as a law of the Commonwealth, to the supply, or possible supply, of services that are financial services, or of financial products:
(a) Division 3A of Part 3‑2;
(b) Division 3A of Part 4‑2;
(c) Part 5‑5.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1):
(a) Part 2‑1 of Schedule 2 and sections 34 and 156 of Schedule 2 do not apply to conduct engaged in in relation to financial services; and
(b) Part 2‑3 of Schedule 2 does not apply to, or in relation to:
(i) contracts that are financial products; or
(ii) contracts for the supply, or possible supply, of services that are financial services; and
(c) if a financial product consists of or includes an interest in land—the following provisions of Schedule 2 do not apply to that interest:
(i) section 30;
(ii) paragraphs 32(1)(c) and (d) and (2)(c) and (d);
(iii) paragraphs 50(1)(c) and (d);
(iv) section 152;
(v) subparagraphs 154(1)(b)(iii) and (iv) and (2)(b)(iii) and (iv);
(vi) subparagraphs 168(1)(b)(iii) and (iv); and
(d) sections 39 and 161 of Schedule 2 do not apply to:
(i) a credit card that is part of, or that provides access to, a credit facility that is a financial product; or
(ii) a debit card that allows access to an account that is a financial product.