Fair Trading (Code of Practice—Fitness Industry) Regulation 2003
sch-sec.4Meaning of fitness service
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sch-sec.4 Meaning of fitness service
A fitness service includes the following— an exercise consultation; a supervised or unsupervised individual exercise program; a group exercise program; a fitness program; fitness equipment at a fitness centre for use by clients. A fitness service does not include any of the following— a service supplied by— a doctor in the course of the doctor’s profession; or a physiotherapist in the course of the physiotherapist’s profession; or a sporting club or organisation, for the playing of, or training for, a competitive sport; or an educational institution, as part of the institution’s curriculum; if no other fitness service is supplied— the use of a spa bath, sauna bath, swimming pool or similar facility; or fitness equipment at a fitness centre attached to a hotel for use by a person staying at the hotel; a service at a fitness centre for the sole purpose of medical rehabilitation; a service for an unsupervised outdoor activity; the hire of a court or other facility for playing sport. In this section— exercise consultation , for a client, means a questionnaire or fitness assessment completed before or after exercising. physiotherapist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the physiotherapy profession, other than as a student. sch s 4 amd 2010 SL No. 108 s 20 (sch-sec.4-ssec.1) A fitness service includes the following— an exercise consultation; a supervised or unsupervised individual exercise program; a group exercise program; a fitness program; fitness equipment at a fitness centre for use by clients. (sch-sec.4-ssec.2) A fitness service does not include any of the following— a service supplied by— a doctor in the course of the doctor’s profession; or a physiotherapist in the course of the physiotherapist’s profession; or a sporting club or organisation, for the playing of, or training for, a competitive sport; or an educational institution, as part of the institution’s curriculum; if no other fitness service is supplied— the use of a spa bath, sauna bath, swimming pool or similar facility; or fitness equipment at a fitness centre attached to a hotel for use by a person staying at the hotel; a service at a fitness centre for the sole purpose of medical rehabilitation; a service for an unsupervised outdoor activity; the hire of a court or other facility for playing sport. (sch-sec.4-ssec.3) In this section— exercise consultation , for a client, means a questionnaire or fitness assessment completed before or after exercising. physiotherapist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the physiotherapy profession, other than as a student.
- (a) an exercise consultation;
- (b) a supervised or unsupervised individual exercise program;
- (c) a group exercise program;
- (d) a fitness program;