Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00868:clause:2_155
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00868
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 155
Character Range: 243717–244204

155  Misleading conduct as to the nature etc. of goods

 (1) A person commits an offence if the person, in trade or commerce, engages in conduct that is liable to mislead the public as to the nature, the manufacturing process, the characteristics, the suitability for their purpose or the quantity of any goods.

Penalty:
 (a) if the person is a body corporate—$1,100,000; or
 (b) if the person is not a body corporate—$220,000.

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