Australian Capital Territory
Door-to-Door Trading Regulation 2009
Subordinate Law SL2009-49

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Door-to-Door Trading Act 1991.
Dated 12 October 2009.
Simon Corbell
Minister
Andrew Barr
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Door-to-Door Trading Regulation 2009
Subordinate Law SL2009-49
made under the
Door-to-Door Trading Act 1991

    

Contents
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	1	Name of regulation	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Notes	1
	4	Exempted contracts—Act, s 4 (4) (b)	1
	5	Contracts declared not to be prescribed contracts—Act, s 6 (3) (d)	1
Schedule 1	Exempted contracts	2
Schedule 2	Contracts declared not to be prescribed contracts	4

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Door-to-Door Trading Regulation 2009.
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on the day after its notification day.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Notes
A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this regulation.
Note	See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
4	Exempted contracts—Act, s 4 (4) (b)
A contract mentioned in schedule 1, column 2 is exempt—
	(a)	from the operation of a provision of the Act mentioned in column 3; and
	(b)	subject to the conditions (if any) mentioned in column 4.
5	Contracts declared not to be prescribed contracts—Act, s 6 (3) (d)
A contract mentioned in schedule 2, column 2 is declared not to be a prescribed contract.

Schedule 1	Exempted contracts
(see s 4)

column 1
item	column 2
contract	column 3
provision(s) of Act not applying	column 4
conditions of exemption	
1	A contract to provide landline telephone services to a consumer	8	The contract does not terminate, or transfer any obligations arising under, an existing contract to provide landline telephone services to the consumer by a provider of the services that is not a party to the contract	
2	A contract that—
	(a)	provides a consumer with an ongoing entitlement to purchase particular goods or services; and
	(b)	does not, apart from any consideration payable by the consumer to enter into the contract, require the consumer to purchase any goods or services—
	(i)	as a precondition to entering into the contract; or
	(ii)	as a result of entering into the contract	8		

Schedule 2	Contracts declared not to be prescribed contracts
(see s 5)

column 1
item	column 2
contract	
1	A contract for the supply of a classified advertisement published—
	(a)	in the print media or on the internet; and
	(b)	only once	
2	If a contract for the supply of services, and any goods associated with those services, exists between a consumer and a dealer (an existing contract)—a contract between the consumer and the dealer for—
	(a)	the renewed supply of the same services, and any goods associated with those services, supplied under the existing contract; or
	(b)	the supply of similar services, and any goods associated with those services, to the services supplied under the existing contract	
3	If a contract for the supply of services exists between a consumer and a dealer (an existing contract) and is a contract to which this Act applies—any of the following contracts between the consumer and the dealer:
	(a)	a contract that modifies the existing contract in a way that results in only a minor increase in any amount the consumer is required to pay under the existing contract;
	(b)	a contract—
	(i)	for the supply of services that are related, or complementary, to services that are already being supplied to the consumer by the dealer under the existing contract (an associated contract); and
	(ii)	that does not require the consumer to pay an amount for services supplied under the associated contract that is more than the amount paid for services supplied under the existing contract;
	(c)	a contract that modifies the associated contract in a way that results in only a minor increase in the amount the consumer is required to pay under the associated contract	

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 13 October 2009.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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