Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00868:clause:2_3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00868
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 3 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 49725–52281

3  Meaning of consumer

Acquiring goods as a consumer

 (1) A person is taken to have acquired particular goods as a consumer if, and only if:
 (a) the amount paid or payable for the goods, as worked out under subsections (4) to (9), did not exceed:
 (i) $40,000; or
 (ii) if a greater amount is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph—that greater amount; or
 (b) the goods were of a kind ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic or household use or consumption; or
 (c) the goods consisted of a vehicle or trailer acquired for use principally in the transport of goods on public roads.

 (2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if the person acquired the goods, or held himself or herself out as acquiring the goods:
 (a) for the purpose of re‑supply; or
 (b) for the purpose of using them up or transforming them, in trade or commerce:
 (i) in the course of a process of production or manufacture; or
 (ii) in the course of repairing or treating other goods or fixtures on land.

Acquiring services as a consumer

 (3) A person is taken to have acquired particular services as a consumer if, and only if:
 (a) the amount paid or payable for the services, as worked out under subsections (4) to (9), did not exceed:
 (i) $40,000; or
 (ii) if a greater amount is prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1)(a)—that greater amount; or
 (b) the services were of a kind ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic or household use or consumption.

Amounts paid or payable for purchases

 (4) For the purposes of subsection (1) or (3), the amount paid or payable for goods or services purchased by a person is taken to be the price paid or payable by the person for the goods or services, unless subsection (5) applies.

 (5) For the purposes of subsection (1) or (3), if a person purchased goods or services by a mixed supply and a specified price was not allocated to the goods or services in the contract under which they were purchased, the amount paid or payable for goods or services is taken to be:
 (a) if, at the time of the acquisition, the person could have purchased from the supplier the goods or services other than by a mixed supply—the price at which they could have been purchased from the supplier; or
 (b) if:
 (i) paragraph (a) does not apply; but
 (ii) at the time of the acquisition, goods or services of the kind acquired could have been purchased from another supplier other than by a mixed supply;
  the lowest price at which the person could, at that time, reasonably have purchased goods or services of that kind from