Competition and Consumer Act 2010
Sch 2 s 192Prescribed requirements for warranties against defects
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192 Prescribed requirements for warranties against defects
(1) A person commits an offence if the person, in connection with the supply, in trade or commerce, of goods or services to a consumer:
(a) gives to the consumer a document that evidences a warranty against defects and that does not comply with the requirements prescribed for the purposes of section 102(1); or
(b) represents directly to the consumer that the goods or services are goods or services to which such a warranty against defects relates.
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.