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DOOR-TO-DOOR TRADING ACT 1991 (NO. 7 OF 1991)


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I--PRELIMINARY SHORT TITLE

   1.      This Act may be cited as the Door-to-Door Trading Act 1991.  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  

   PART II--CONTRACTS TO WHICH THIS ACT APPLIES

   4.      (1) Subject to this section, this Act applies to a contract for the supply of goods or services to a consumer (whether or not the law of the Territory is the proper law of the contract) if—  
   5.      Certain contractual terms prohibited  
   6.      Prescribed contracts  
   7.      Requirements in relation to prescribed contracts  
   8.      Cooling-off period—acceptance of consideration, supply of services  

   PART III--REGULATION OF DOOR-TO-DOOR TRADING PRACTICES

   9.      Hours of trading  
   10.     Duties of dealers  
   11.     Harassment or coercion  

   PART IV--RESCISSION OF CONTRACTS TO WHICH THIS ACT APPLIES

   12.     Rescission—right of consumer  
   13.     Exercise of right of rescission  
   14.     Restitution  
   15.     Related contracts or instruments  
   16.     Waiver of rights  
   17.     Prohibition of certain actions  

   PART V--MISCELLANEOUS CONDUCT OF DIRECTORS, SERVANTS AND AGENTS

   18.     (1) Where, for the purposes of a prosecution for an offence against this Act, it is necessary to establish the state of mind of a body corporate or a natural person in relation to particular conduct, it is sufficient to show—  
   19.     Evidentiary provision  
   20.     Regulations  
   21.     Repeal and saving  


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