Competition and Consumer Act 2010
Sch 2 s 28Contracts to which this Part does not apply
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28 Contracts to which this Part does not apply
(1) This Part does not apply to:
(a) a contract of marine salvage or towage; or
(b) a charterparty of a ship; or
(c) a contract for the carriage of goods by ship.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1)(c), the reference in that subsection to a contract for the carriage of goods by ship includes a reference to any contract covered by a sea carriage document within the meaning of the amended Hague Rules referred to in section 7(1) of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991.
(3) This Part does not apply to a contract that is the constitution (within the meaning of section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001) of a company, managed investment scheme or other kind of body.
(4) This Part does not apply to a small business contract to which a prescribed law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory applies.
(5) This Part does not apply to a contract:
(a) that establishes, contains or incorporates rules governing the operation of a payment or settlement system approved under section 9 of the Payment Systems and Netting Act 1998; or
(b) that is made in the course of, or for the purposes of, operating such a system.