Consumer Affairs (Amendment) Act 1981 (ACT)

Consumer Affairs (Amendment)

Ordinance 1981

No. 26 of 1981

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated 9 September 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

MICHAEL HODGMAN

Minister of State for the Capital Territory

An Ordinance to amend the Consumer Affairs Ordinance 1973

Short title

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Consumer Affairs	(Amendment)
Ordinance	1981. 1
Secrecy

2. Section 15E of the Consumer Affairs Ordinance 1973 2 is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (2) "3 months" and substituting "6

Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at

months, or both" ;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (3) "be required t o " ; and

(c) by adding at the end of sub-section (3)—

"Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.".

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 September 1981.

2.     N o . 17, 1973 as amended by N o . 53, 1973; Nos . 49 and 61, 1976; N o . 42, 1979.