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Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990
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123 Interpretation
approved third-party trading scheme means a third-party trading
scheme that has been approved under a corresponding law.
corresponding law means a law declared under subsection (2).
prohibited third-party trading scheme means:
(a) a third-party trading scheme to which a declaration under
section 124(2) relates; or
(b) a trading stamp scheme under which a trading stamp is
provided or intended to be provided in connection with the
sale of, or for the purpose of promoting the sale of, tobacco,
cigarettes, cigars or other tobacco products.
third-party trading scheme means a scheme or arrangement
under which the acquisition of goods or services by a consumer
from a supplier is a condition, or one of a number of conditions,
compliance with which gives rise, or apparently gives rise, to an
entitlement to a benefit from a third party in the form of goods or
services or some discount, concession or advantage in connection
with the acquisition of goods or services.
trading stamp means a stamp, coupon, token, voucher, ticket or
other thing:
(a) which is provided or intended to be provided in connection
with the sale of, or for the purpose of promoting the sale of,
goods or services; or
(b) by virtue of which the purchaser or any other person may
become entitled to, or may qualify for, a prize, gift or other
benefit (whether the trading stamp constitutes an absolute
entitlement or qualification or a conditional one only).
(2) The Minister may, by Gazette notice, declare a law of the
Commonwealth, a State or another Territory to be a corresponding
law for the purposes of this Part.
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