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Fair Trading (Australian Consumer Law) Act 1992
34BDefinitions—div 5.1A
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34B Definitions—div 5.1A
In this division:
acquire—see the Australian Consumer Law (ACT), section 2 (1).
business means a person in trade or commerce, a supplier, a
manufacturer or another person to whom the consumer legislation
applies.
compulsory conciliation notice—see section 34G.
consumer—
(a) in relation to the Australian Consumer Law (ACT)—see the
Australian Consumer Law (ACT), section 2 (1); or
(b) in relation to any other consumer legislation—means a person
who acquires goods or services from a business for personal,
domestic or household use or consumption.
consumer complaint—
(a) means a complaint by a consumer about a civil dispute with a
business in relation to consumer or fair trading issues and
practices; and
(b) includes a complaint by a consumer about a contravention of the
consumer legislation by the business.
consumer legislation means any of the following:
(a) the Agents Act 2003;
(b) the Australian Consumer Law (ACT);
(c) the Fair Trading (Motor Vehicle Repair Industry) Act 2010;
(d) the Pawnbrokers Act 1902;
(e) the Sale of Motor Vehicles Act 1977;
(f) the Second-hand Dealers Act 1906.
party, to a conciliation of a consumer complaint, means a person
mentioned in section 34E in relation to the complaint.