Fair Trading Act 2010

The Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Act.

A regulation may create an offence punishable by a penalty of a fine not exceeding $2 000.

Without limiting subsection (1), regulations made under that subsection may —

prescribe calling hours with respect to unsolicited consumer agreements under the Australian Consumer Law (WA) section 73;

provide that the Australian Consumer Law (WA) Part 3‑2 Division 2 (unsolicited consumer agreements) does not apply, or provisions of that Division that are specified in the regulations do not apply, to or in relation to agreements of a kind specified in the regulations.

Regulations made under subsection (3)(a) may alter the operation of the Australian Consumer Law (WA) sections 73(1) and 170(1).

Regulations made under subsection (3)(b) may alter the operation of the Australian Consumer Law (WA) Part 3‑2 Division 2.