Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00868:clause:2_188
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00868
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 188
Character Range: 282259–282717

188  Lay‑by agreements must be in writing etc.

 (1) A supplier of consumer goods who is a party to a lay‑by agreement commits an offence if:
 (a) the agreement is not in writing; or
 (b) a copy of the agreement is not given to the consumer to whom the goods are, or are to be, supplied.

Penalty:
 (a) if the person is a body corporate—$30,000; or
 (b) if the person is not a body corporate—$6,000.

 (2) Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.