370 Queftts12utbf ANNO NONODECIMO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 27 of 1970 An Act to Constitute a Consumer Affairs Council and to provide for its functions and powers and the conduct of its affairs; to provide for the establishment of a Consumer Affairs Bureau and the appointment of a Commissioner for Consumer Affairs; to provide with respect to the description and advertising of goods, and for other purposes [ASSENTED TO 14TH DECEMBER, 1970] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- PART I-PRELIMINARY 1. Short title . This Act may be cited as the Consumer Affairs Act 1970. 2. Commencement of Act. The provisions of this Act other than of sections 1 and 2 shall commence on a date appointed by the Governor in Council by Proclamation published in the Gazette.
Consumer Affairs Act 1970, No. 27 371 3. Division of Act. This Act is divided as follows:- PART I-PRELIMINARY (ss. 1-4); PART 11-CONSUMER AFFAIRS AUTHORITIES (ss. 5-23); Division 1-Consumer Affairs Council; Division 2-Consumer Affairs Bureau; PART III-TRADE PRACTICES (ss. 24-36); Division 1-False Trade Descriptions; Division 2-False Advertising; Division 3-Misrepresentation; PART IV-PROVISIONS FOR SAFETY OF CONSUMERS (ss. 37-39); PART V-GENERAL PROVISIONS (ss. 40-51). 4. Definitions . (1) In this Act save where a contrary intention appears- " Australia " includes any territory under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia; " Bureau " means the Consumer Affairs Bureau established under this Act; " Commissioner " means the Commissioner for Consumer Affairs appointed for the purposes of this Act: The term includes any person who at the material time performs the duties of the Commissioner; " component part " includes an accessory; " consumer " means a person who buys or hires goods otherwise than for re-sale or letting on hire or in the course of a trade or business carried on by him or for whom services are supplied for fee or reward otherwise than in the course of a trade or business carried on by that person; " Council " means the Consumer Affairs Council constituted under this Act; " credit-sale agreement " means an agreement for the sale of goods under which the whole or part of the purchase price is payable by instalments; false trade description " means a trade description that by reason of anything contained therein or omitted therefrom is false or likely to mislead in a material respect as regards the goods to which it is appended: The term includes every alteration of a trade description, whether by way of addition, effacement or otherwise, that makes the description false or likely to mislead in a material respect; " goods " includes everything that is the subject of trade or manufacture or merchandise; " hire-purchase agreement " means a letting of goods with an option to purchase; " inspector " means the Commissioner and an inspector…