Competition and Consumer Act 2010
Sch 2 s 180Repayment of payments received after termination
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180 Repayment of payments received after termination
(1) The supplier under an unsolicited consumer agreement commits an offence if:
(a) the agreement is terminated in accordance with section 82; and
(b) the supplier does not immediately refund to the consumer under the agreement any payment:
(i) that the consumer, or a person acting on the consumer’s behalf, makes to the supplier after the termination; and
(ii) that purports to be made under the agreement or a related contract or instrument.
Penalty:
(a) if the person is a body corporate—$50,000; or
(b) if the person is not a body corporate—$10,000.
(2) Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.