Queensland Consolidated Acts

FAIR TRADING ACT 1989 - SECT 31

31 Issuing infringement notice

(1) If the commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has contravened an infringement notice provision, the commissioner may issue an infringement notice to the person.

(2) Each of the following is an
"infringement notice provision" —

(a) any of the following provisions of the Australian Consumer Law (Queensland)—

(i) a provision of chapter 2 , part 2-2 ;

(ii) a provision of chapter 3 , part 3-1 (other than section 32 (1), 35 (1), 36 (1), (2) or (3), 40 or 43 );

(iii) section 66 (2);

(iv) a provision of chapter 3 , part 3-2 , division 2 (other than section 85 );

(v) a provision of chapter 3 , part 3-2 , division 3 (other than s ection 96 (2));

(vi) section 99B (1) , 99C , 99D (1) , 99E or 99F (2) ;

(vii) section 100 (1) or (3), 101 (3) or (4), 102 (2) or 103 (2);

(viii) section 106 (1), (2), (3) or (5), 107 (1) or (2), 118 (1), (2), (3) or (5), 119 (1) or (2), 125 (4), 127 (1) or (2), 128 (2) or (6), 131 (1), 132 (1), 136 (1), (2) or (3) or 137 (1) or (2);

(ix) section 221 (1) or 222 (1);

(b) an FTA consumer offence provision.

(3) The commissioner must not issue more than 1 infringement notice to the person for the same alleged contravention of the infringement notice provision.

(4) The infringement notice does not have any effect if the notice—

(a) is issued more than 1 year after the day on which the contravention of the infringement notice provision is alleged to have occurred; or

(b) relates to more than 1 alleged contravention of an infringement notice provision by the person.