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Fair Trading Act 1987
79HPersons presumed to be consumers
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#### 79H Persons presumed to be consumers
79H Persons presumed to be consumers
(cf CC Act 1998, s 4)
> For the purposes of this Part—
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> > (a) a person or body claiming to be a consumer is to be presumed to be a consumer until the contrary is proved, and
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> > (b) in any legal proceedings (including proceedings before the Tribunal), the onus of proving that a person or body claiming to be a consumer is not a consumer is on the party who seeks to establish that fact.
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> **ss 79E–79H:** Ins 2015 No 12, Sch 1 \[11\].