Offence to sell unsafe appliances
71A Offence to sell unsafe appliances
S. 71A(1) amended by No. 13/2025 s. 67.
A person must not knowingly, recklessly or negligently supply or offer to supply or sell or offer to sell an appliance that is unsafe.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 240 penalty units;
In the case of a body corporate, 1200 penalty units.
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who—
supplies or offers to supply or sells or offers to sell the appliance to an appliance refurbisher and repairer; and
the person informs the appliance refurbisher and repairer, before the appliance is supplied or sold or offered for supply or sale, that the appliance is unsafe.
In this section—
appliance refurbisher and repairer means a person who carries on the business of repairing, rebuilding or refurbishing appliances.
S. 71B inserted by No. 91/2000 s. 25, amended by Nos 31/2006 s. 6, 13/2025 s. 68.
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