Consumer Affairs And Fair Trading (Trading Stamps) Regulations 2002 (NT)
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
consumer affairs and fair trading (trading stamps) regulations 2002
As in force at 1 December 2002
northern territory of australia
As in force at 1 December 2002
CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND FAIR TRADING (TRADING STAMPS) regulations 2002
Regulations under the Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990
These Regulations may be cited as the
These Regulations come into effect on the date fixed by the Minister by notice in the
In these Regulations:
(a) supplies goods or services as a party to the scheme; and
(b) is named as a participating retailer in the brochure for the scheme,
and includes, in the case of a participating retailer that is a body corporate, all related bodies corporate within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001.
(1) For the purposes of Part 9 of the Act, the requirements of this regulation are conditions that are to be complied with by promoters of third-party trading schemes.
(2) A promoter of a third-party trading scheme must maintain an office in Australia at which:
(a) brochures for the scheme are supplied on request to members of the public;
(b) the requirements of members of the scheme and participating retailers may be dealt with; and
(c) records are kept relating to the operation of the scheme.
(3) A brochure for a third-party trading scheme is to contain:
(a) all terms and conditions of the scheme; and
(b) if the scheme provides entitlements to travel – a table setting out the places to which travel may take place and the number of points required to be obtained, or other requirements to be satisfied, by a member in order to become entitled to travel under the scheme.
(4) A promoter of a third-party trading scheme must, at the request of a member of the public, supply to him or her, free of charge, a brochure for the scheme.
(5) A third-party trading scheme is not to take effect in relation to a person on the acceptance by the person of a brochure for the scheme.
(6) A promoter of a third-party trading scheme must give to members of the scheme at least 3 months notice of a proposed suspension or discontinuance of the scheme.
(7) A promoter of a third-party trading scheme must not sell or otherwise dispose of or make available to a person (other than a participating retailer) any information about a member of the scheme.
(1) For the purposes of Part 9 of the Act, the requirements of this regulation are conditions that are to be complied with by participating retailers for a third-party trading scheme.
(2) A participating retailer for a third-party trading scheme must take all reasonable steps to ensure that brochures for the scheme are available for inspection at each retail outlet at all places in the retail outlet where application forms for membership of the scheme are available to members of the public.
(3) If a participating retailer for a third-party trading scheme does not have brochures for the scheme to distribute to members of the public, he or she must provide the telephone number of the office referred to in regulation 4(2) to a member of the public who wishes to obtain a brochure for the scheme.
(4) A participating retailer for a third-party trading scheme must not sell or otherwise dispose of or make available any information about particular members of the scheme that is acquired pursuant to the scheme.
(5) Subregulation (4) does not apply in relation to information provided for the purposes of the scheme to:
(a) a promoter of the scheme; or
(b) employees or agents of the participating retailer.
ENDNOTES 1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order app = appendix om = omitted bl = by-law pt = Part ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule cl = clause rem = remainder div = Division renum = renumbered exp = expires/expired rep = repealed f = forms s = section Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation lt = long title sub = substituted nc = not commenced 2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Notified | 20 November 2002 |
Commenced | 1 December 2002 ( |
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint) are made by the
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