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Fair Trading Act 1989
sec.83Safety standards
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### sec.83 Safety standards
A regulation may prescribe a safety standard for a specified kind of services.
A prescribed safety standard for services shall consist of such requirements as to—
the manner in which services are to be supplied; and
the form and manner of disclosure of warnings, instructions or other information to be communicated to a person to whom services are to be supplied;
as are reasonably necessary to prevent or reduce risk of injury, including physical, mental or psychological injury, to any person.
A regulation under this section may be made to apply subject to—
the means of supply or the class of contract, agreement or act that constitutes the supply; or
the persons to whom services are supplied or by whom they are likely to be used; or
the purpose for which services are acquired; or
any exemption or circumstance defined in the regulation.
s 83 amd 2010 No. 54 s 21
(sec.83-ssec.1) A regulation may prescribe a safety standard for a specified kind of services.
(sec.83-ssec.3) A prescribed safety standard for services shall consist of such requirements as to— the manner in which services are to be supplied; and the form and manner of disclosure of warnings, instructions or other information to be communicated to a person to whom services are to be supplied; as are reasonably necessary to prevent or reduce risk of injury, including physical, mental or psychological injury, to any person.
(sec.83-ssec.4) A regulation under this section may be made to apply subject to— the means of supply or the class of contract, agreement or act that constitutes the supply; or the persons to whom services are supplied or by whom they are likely to be used; or the purpose for which services are acquired; or any exemption or circumstance defined in the regulation.
- (a) the manner in which services are to be supplied; and
- (b) the form and manner of disclosure of warnings, instructions or other information to be communicated to a person to whom services are to be supplied;
- (a) the means of supply or the class of contract, agreement or act that constitutes the supply; or
- (b) the persons to whom services are supplied or by whom they are likely to be used; or
- (c) the purpose for which services are acquired; or
- (d) any exemption or circumstance defined in the regulation.