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AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER LAW AND FAIR TRADING ACT 2012 - SECT 232

Regulations

    (1)     The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to—

        (a)     prescribing for the purposes of section 22 the form of and the particulars to be included in a contractual term or a class of contractual term referred to in that section;

        (b)     prescribing calling hours with respect to unsolicited consumer agreements under section 73 of the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria);

        (c)     prescribing codes of practice in accordance with Part 6.3;

        (d)     prescribing any other matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.

    (2)     The regulations—

        (a)     may be of a general or limited application;

        (b)     may differ according to differences in time, place or circumstances;

        (c)     may confer a discretionary authority or impose a duty on a specified person or body or a specified class of persons or bodies;

        (d)     may apply, adopt or incorporate any matter contained in any document, code, standard, rule, specification or method formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any person, whether—

              (i)     wholly or partially or as amended by the regulations; or

              (ii)     as formulated, issued, prescribed or published at the time the regulations are made or at any time before then; or

              (iii)     as formulated, issued, prescribed or published from time to time;

        (e)     may provide in a specified case or class of case for the exemption of people or things or a class of people or things from any of the provisions of the regulations, whether unconditionally or on specified conditions and either wholly or to such an extent as is specified;

        (f)     may impose a penalty, not exceeding 20 penalty units, for a contravention of the regulations.

    (3)     Regulations made under section 232(1)(b) may alter the operation of section 73 of the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria).

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