Fair Trading Act 2010

In this Act (other than Part 3 and the Australian Consumer Law (WA)), unless the contrary intention appears —

a reference to the supply or acquisition of goods includes a reference to agreeing to supply or acquire goods; and

a reference to the acquisition of goods includes a reference to the acquisition of property in, or rights in relation to, goods upon a supply of the goods; and

a reference to the supply or acquisition of services includes a reference to agreeing to supply or acquire services; and

a reference to the supply or acquisition of goods includes a reference to the supply or acquisition of goods together with other property or services, or both; and

a reference to the supply or acquisition of services includes a reference to the supply or acquisition of services together with goods or other property or other services; and

a reference to the disposal or acquisition of an interest in land includes a reference to the disposal or acquisition of such an interest together with goods or services; and

a reference to goods or services includes a reference to goods and services; and

a reference to the disposal or acquisition of an interest in land includes a reference to agreeing to dispose of or acquire such an interest, whether or not the agreement is in writing or evidenced by writing.

For the purposes of this Act (other than Part 3 and the Australian Consumer Law (WA)) —

the obtaining of credit by a person in connection with the acquisition of goods or services by the person is an acquisition by the person of services; and

any amount by which the price of the goods or services is increased because credit was obtained is the price of the services represented by the obtaining of credit.

In this Act (other than Part 3 and the Australian Consumer Law (WA)) —

a reference to engaging in conduct is to be read as a reference to doing or refusing to do any act, including —

the making of, or the giving effect to a provision of, a contract or arrangement; or

the arriving at, or the giving effect to a provision of, an understanding;

a reference to conduct, when that expression is used as a noun otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (a), is to be read as a reference to the doing of or the refusing to do any act, including —

the making of, or the giving effect to a provision of, a contract or arrangement; or

the arriving at, or the giving effect to a provision of, an understanding;

a reference to refusing to do an act includes —

a reference to refraining (otherwise than inadvertently) from doing the act; and

a reference to making it known that the act will not be done;

a reference to a person offering to do an act, or to do an act on a particular condition, includes a reference to the person making known a willingness to accept applications, offers or proposals for the person to do the act or to do that act on the condition.

In this Act (other than Part 3 and the Australian Consumer Law (WA)) —

a reference to loss or damage, other than a reference to the amount of any loss or damage, includes a reference to injury; and

a reference to the amount of any loss or damage includes a reference to damages in respect of an injury.

In this Act (other than Part 3 and the Australian Consumer Law (WA)), a reference to the making of a representation includes a reference to the publishing of a statement.