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CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND FAIR TRADING AMENDMENT BILL 2000

Ms Martin






A BILL
for
AN ACT

to amend the Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act










Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Amendment Act 2000

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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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No. of 2000
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AN ACT


to amend the Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act




[Assented to 2000]
[Second reading 2000]




The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:


1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Amendment Act 2000.

2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the date fixed by the Administrator by notice in the Gazette.

3. New section
The Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act is amended by inserting after section 39 the following:

"39A. Fuel price information signs

"(1) The proprietor of a petrol station must disclose the price of fuel that is sold at that petrol station by displaying on one or more signs the price per litre of –

(a) unleaded petrol;

(b) diesel (if sold at that petrol station); and

(c) any other petroleum or fuel product that is sold at the petrol station, the price of which the proprietor wishes to display.

"(2) A sign referred to in subsection (1) is to be positioned and lit, and of sufficient size, so that the price and type of fuel to which the price relates can be readily seen by motorists approaching the petrol station at any time the petrol station is open for business.

"(3) In this section, 'petrol station' means a building or place used for fuelling motor vehicles involving the sale by retail of petrol, whether or not any other fuel or other product is sold there and whether or not the building or place is used for any other purpose, but does not include a place where the primary business is the hiring, leasing or sale of motor vehicles.".


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