Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

DOOR-TO-DOOR TRADING ACT 1991 (REPEALED) - SECT 10

    (1)     A dealer who calls at premises for the purpose of negotiating a contract to which this Act applies or for an incidental or related purpose shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to leave the premises when requested to do so by the occupier of the premises or any person acting with the actual or implied authority of the occupier.

Maximum penalty: $2 000.

    (2)     A dealer who calls on a person for the purpose of negotiating a contract to which this Act applies or for an incidental or related purpose shall, as soon as it is practicable to do so—

        (a)     make known to that person the purpose of the call; and

        (b)     produce to that person a card setting out—

              (i)     the dealer's full name and address; and

              (ii)     if the dealer is not the supplier—the supplier's full name and address.

    (3)     A dealer who telephones a person for the purpose of negotiating a contract to which this Act applies or for an incidental or related purpose must, as soon as practicable during the telephone call, tell the person the following:

        (a)     the purpose of the telephone call;

        (b)     the dealer's full name and address;

        (c)     if the dealer is not the supplier—the supplier's full name and address.

    (4)     A dealer who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (2) or (3) commits an offence.

Maximum penalty: $2 000.