Owners Corporations Act 2006
199Application of Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012
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199 Application of Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012
(1) Part 6.4 of the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 (except sections 152, 153 and 175) extends and applies (with any necessary modifications) to this Act as if any reference in that Part to the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 were a reference to this Act and any regulations made under this Act.
(2) Sections 125, 195 and 196 and Part 8.2 (except section 213) of the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 extend and apply (with any necessary modifications) to this Act as if anyreference in those provisions to the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 were a reference to thisAct and any regulations made under this Act.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)—
(a) section 210 of the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 applies as if a reference in that section to Part 3.1 or Part 6.3 of the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 were a reference to this Act and any regulations made under this Act; and
(b) section 212 of the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 applies as if a reference in that section to prescribed proceedings were a reference to—
(i) proceedings for an offence against a provision of this Act or any regulations made under this Act (except an offence applied by subsection (1)); or
(ii) proceedings on an application for an injunction under section 201, 202 or 203 of the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 (as applied by subsection (2)) against a person alleged to have contravened a provision of this Act or any regulations made under this Act (except an offence applied by subsection (1)); or
(iii) proceedings on an application for an order under section 216, or for damages under section 217, of the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 (as applied by subsection (2)).