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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
FAIR TRADING AMENDMENT BILL 2002
2002
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL
TERRITORY
(As presented)
(Ms Kerrie Tucker)
Fair Trading
Amendment Bill 2002
A Bill for
An Act to amend the
Fair Trading Act 1992
The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as
follows:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Fair Trading Amendment Act 2002.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day after its notification day.
3 Act amended
This Act amends the Fair Trading Act 1992.
4 Unsolicited debit and credit
cards
Section 28 (4), definition of
credit card
substitute
credit card means any article commonly known as a credit
card, and includes any article by the use of which—
(a) money may be borrowed under an agreement between the lender and the
borrower; and
(b) a person may obtain, on credit, goods or services, whether from the
issuer of the credit card or someone else.
5 Cash card use
disclosure
Section 28A
renumber as section 28B
6 New section 28A
insert
28A Unsolicited credit contracts and increases in
credit limits
(1) A credit provider must not enter into a credit contract with a debtor
unless the credit provider has carried out a satisfactory assessment
process.
(2) A credit provider must not increase the amount of credit available
under a credit contract unless—
(a) the debtor has requested the increase in writing, or the credit
provider has offered the debtor the increase and the debtor has accepted the
offer in writing; and
(b) the credit provider has carried out a satisfactory assessment
process.
(3) In this section:
credit contract—see the Consumer Credit (Australian
Capital Territory) Code, section 5 (Meaning of credit
contract)
credit provider, in relation to a credit contract, means a
person who provides credit under the credit contract in the course of a business
of providing credit or as part of or incidentally to any other business of the
credit provider, and includes a prospective credit provider.
debtor means a person (other than a guarantor) who is liable
to pay for (or to repay) credit, and includes a prospective debtor.
satisfactory assessment process, in relation to a debtor,
means an assessment of the debtor’s financial situation sufficient to
satisfy a diligent and prudent credit provider that the debtor has a reasonable
ability to repay the amount of credit provided or to be provided.
Endnote
Republication of amended laws
1 For the latest republications of amended laws, see
www.legislation.act.gov.au.
© Australian Capital Territory
2002
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