Consumer Affairs Act 1988

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – advertising includes any activity calculated or intended to promote or increase the sale or use of any goods or services;Agency has the meaning assigned to that expression in the State Service Act 2000; authorized officer means the Director or a person declared to be or appointed as an authorized officer under this Act; chairperson means the chairperson of the Committee;Committee means the Tasmanian Consumer Advisory Committee established under this Act; consumer includes any person using, or taking advantage of, any service;Consumer Affairs Officer means an employee employed in the Office of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading; Director means the Director of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading appointed under this Act; documents includes books, papers, accounts, any written records, any computer discs or tapes or other means of storage on a computer, and any computer printouts; functions includes duties; goods includes anything that is the subject of trade, manufacture, or merchandise and anything growing on, or attached to, land that is severable from the land;Office means the Office of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading; services means the conferring of rights or benefits that are provided by a person in the carrying on of an industrial, commercial, business, profit-making, or remunerative undertaking (including a professional practice), and includes the provision for reward of lodging or accommodation; supply– in relation to goods, includes supply, and resupply, by way of gift, sale, exchange, lease, hire, or hire-purchase; and in relation to services, includes provision, granting, hiring, and conferring.

A reference to any matter or matters affecting the interests of consumers shall be construed as including a reference to any matter or matters affecting the interests of a particular consumer or a particular class of consumers.