Victorian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

Fair Trading Act 1999 - SECT 3

Definitions

3. Definitions



(1) In this Act-



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Authority means the Business Licensing Authority established under the
Business Licensing Authority Act 1998;



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business licensing Act has the same meaning as in the
Business Licensing Authority Act 1998;



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Consumer Act means-

   (a)  an Act listed in Schedule 1; or

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   (c)  Part 4 of the Veterans Act 2005;





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Director means the person who, for the time being, is employed as Director of
Consumer Affairs Victoria under the Public Administration Act 2004;





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hire-purchase agreement includes a letting of goods with an option to purchase
and an agreement for the purchase of goods by instalments (whether that
agreement describes the instalments as rent or hire or otherwise) but does not
include any agreement-

   (a)  by which the property in the goods in the agreement passes at the time
        of the agreement or on or at any time before delivery of the goods; or

   (b)  under which the person by whom the goods are being hired or purchased
        is a person who is engaged in the trade or business of selling goods
        of the same nature or description as the goods comprised in the
        agreement; or

   (c)  that is a regulated contract within the meaning of the
        Credit Act 1984; or

   (d)  that is a credit contract within the meaning of the National Credit
        Code;

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inspector means a person appointed to be an inspector under section 114;

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member of the police force has the same meaning as member of the force in the
Police Regulation Act 1958; National Credit Code has the same meaning as in
the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 of the Commonwealth;



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occupier in relation to a premises, means a person who appears to be of or
over 16 years of age and who appears to be in control of the premises;

officer-

   (a)  in relation to a body corporate which is a corporation within the
        meaning of the Corporations Act, has the same meaning as officer of a
        corporation has in section 9 of that Act; and

   (b)  in relation to a body corporate which is not a corporation within the
        meaning of that Act, means any person (by whatever name called) who is
        concerned in or takes part in the management of the body corporate or
        an employee of the body corporate;

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post box means post office box, document exchange, mail collection agency or
mail forwarding agency;



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private residence includes any part of the allotment on which the private
residence is situated; public holiday has the same meaning as in the
Public Holidays Act 1993;



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related body corporate has the same meaning as in the Corporations Act;



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Secretary means the Secretary to the Department of Justice;



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Tribunal means the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal established by
the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998;

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workplace includes any land used in conjunction with a workplace for the
purposes of the workplace.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), unless the contrary intention appears the
words and expressions used in this Act have the same meanings as they have in
the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria).



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