Warnings and information, Commissioner may issue
57 Warnings and information, Commissioner may issue
The Commissioner may publish (in any form) a statement identifying and giving warnings or information about any of the following —
goods that are unsatisfactory or dangerous and persons who supply or are likely to supply those goods;
services supplied in an unsatisfactory or dangerous manner and persons who supply or are likely to supply those services;
unfair business practices and persons who engage or are likely to engage in those practices;
any other matter that adversely affects or may adversely affect the interests of consumers in connection with the acquisition by them of goods or services.
A statement under subsection (1) may identify particular goods, services, business practices, persons, corporate names, business names and trading names.
The Commissioner must not make or issue a statement under this section unless satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.
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