Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Fair Trading Act 1987 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Fair Trading Act 1987	108 of 1987	19 Dec 1987	s. 1 and 2: 19 Dec 1987; Pt. I other than s. 1 and 2, III, IV and VII: 8 Apr 1988 (see s. 2 and Gazette 8 Apr 1988 p. 1107); Act other than Pt. I, III, IV and VII: 9 Sep 1988 (see s. 2 and Gazette 9 Sep 1988 p. 3518)
Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994 s. 3(2)	32 of 1994	29 Jun 1994	1 Oct 1994 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Sep 1994 p. 4948)
Sentencing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 Pt. 29	78 of 1995	16 Jan 1996	4 Nov 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Oct 1996 p. 5632)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4	14 of 1996	28 Jun 1996	1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1997 s. 39(10) and 59	57 of 1997	15 Dec 1997	15 Dec 1997 (see s. 2(1))
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 Pt. 24	10 of 2001	28 Jun 2001	15 Jul 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Jun 2001 p. 3257 and Cwlth Gazette 13 Jul 2001 No. S285)
Reprint of the Fair Trading Act 1987 as at 16 Nov 2001 (includes amendments listed above)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 53	74 of 2003	15 Dec 2003	15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)
Criminal Code Amendment Act 2004 s. 58	4 of 2004	23 Apr 2004	21 May 2004 (see s. 2)
Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141	59 of 2004	23 Nov 2004	1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)
State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 45 5	55 of 2004	24 Nov 2004	1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)
Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 80 and 82	84 of 2004	16 Dec 2004	2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))
Reprint 2: The Fair Trading Act 1987 as at 24 Jun 2005 (includes amendments listed above)
Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 Pt. 4 Div. 12	28 of 2006	26 Jun 2006	1 Jul 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2006 p. 2347)
Retail Shops and Fair Trading Legislation Amendment Act 2006 Pt. 4	47 of 2006	4 Oct 2006	11 May 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 11 May 2007 p. 2017)
Consumer Protection Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 Pt. 5	69 of 2006	13 Dec 2006	14 Jul 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 13 Jul 2007 p. 3453)

Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 56	8 of 2009	21 May 2009	22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))
Reprint 3: The Fair Trading Act 1987 as at 5 Feb 2010 (includes amendments listed above)
Fair Trading Act 2010 Pt. 10 Div. 3	57 of 2010	8 Dec 2010	1 Jan 2011 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 24 Dec 2010 p. 6805)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2011 s. 15	47 of 2011	25 Oct 2011	26 Oct 2011 (see s. 2(b))

² This reference, and all following references, to “TPA”, refers to the Trade Practices Act 1974 of the Commonwealth.

³ Formerly referred to The Sale of Goods Act 1895, the short title of which was changed to the Sale of Goods Act 1895 by the Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 150(1). The reference was changed under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(3)(gb).

⁴ Now see the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.

⁵ The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues, some of which may be relevant to this Act.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
acquire 5(1)
acquirer 11A(4)
another person 83(2)
applicable industry code 11A(1)
approved third party trading scheme 32A
article 28(4)
authorised person 5(1)
banning order 5(1)
business 5(1)
business consumer 11A(3)
commencement 11A(1)
commencement day 3C
commercial broadcasting station 63(5)
commercial television station 63(5)
commercial vehicle 6(5)
Commissioner 3B, 5(1)
component part 5(1)
consortium 63(3)
consumer 5(1)
Consumer Products Safety Committee 5(1)
credit card 28(4)
customer 19(3)
dangerous 5(1)
debit card 28(4)
defect 54(1)
defective goods 54(1)
Department 5(1)
directory 30(6)
disposal 5(1)
document 5(1)
false representation 5(1)
fibre 64(2)
furniture 64(2)
give effect to 5(1)
goods 5(1)
industry code 11A(1)
information 5(1)
interest 5(1)
label 5(1)
lend 25(3)
licensee 63(5)
listed public company 11A(1)
making 30(6)
manufacture 5(1)
materially inaccurate 5(1), 13(2)
newspaper 63(5)
officer 5(1)
package 5(1)
packaging standard 5(1)
participant 24(6)(b)
prescribed card 28(4)
prescribed information provider 63(3)
price 5(1)
product information standard 5(1)
product quality standard 5(1)
product safety standard 5(1)
prohibited third party trading scheme 32A
promoter 24(6)(a)
promoters 24(6)(a)
provide 5(1)
provision 5(1)
public authority 5(1)
published 5(1)
regulations 5(1)
relevant goods or services 63(3)
relevant interests in land 63(3)
relevant person 78(1)(e)
re-supply 5(1)
send 5(1)
services 5(1)
shares 5(1)
small business supplier 11A(4)
specified 27(5), 32(5), 50(4), 59(5), 62(2), 66(4)
statement 5(1)
supplier 5(1), 11A(3)
supply 5(1)
textile products 64(2)
the buyer 35(3)(a)
third party trading scheme 32A
this Act 5(1)
trade or commerce 5(1)
trading scheme 24(5)(d)
unsolicited goods 5(1)
unsolicited services 5(1)