Australian Consumer Law

 

Chapter 3-Specific protections

Part 3-2-Consumer transactions

Division 2-Unsolicited consumer agreements

Subdivision B - Negotiating unsolicited consumer agreements

74 Disclosing purpose and identity

A dealer who calls on a person for the purpose of negotiating an unsolicited consumer agreement, or for an incidental or related purpose, must, as soon as practicable and in any event before starting to negotiate:

(a) clearly advise the person that the dealer's purpose is to seek the person's agreement to a supply of the goods or services concerned; and

(b) clearly advise the person that the dealer is obliged to leave the premises immediately on request; and

(c) provide to the person such information relating to the dealer's identity as is prescribed by the regulations.

Note: A pecuniary penalty may be imposed for a contravention of this section.