Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990
240Undertakings by persons contravening code
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240 Undertakings by persons contravening code (1) Where it appears to the Commissioner that a person has carried on business in contravention of a code of practice applicable to the person, the Commissioner may request the person to execute within a specified time a deed in terms approved by the Commissioner under which the person gives undertakings as to: (a) discontinuance of the conduct; and (b) future compliance with the code of practice; and (c) the action the person will take to rectify the consequences of the contravention; or any of those matters. (2) A person who fails to observe an undertaking given in a deed executed under subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.