Australian Capital Territory
Door-to-Door Trading Regulation 2009    
SL2009-49
made under the
Door-to-Door Trading Act 1991
Republication No 1
Effective:  14 October 2009 – 31 December 2010
Republication date: 14 October 2009
Regulation not amended

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office

About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Door-to-Door Trading Regulation 2009, made under the Door-to-Door Trading Act 1991 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 14 October 2009.  It also includes any commencement, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law.  
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. 
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
•	authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
•	unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial amendments
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.  Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).  The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.  
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date is—
	(a)	if the person charged is an individual—$100; or
	(b)	if the person charged is a corporation—$500.

Australian Capital Territory
Door-to-Door Trading Regulation 2009
made under the
Door-to-Door Trading Act 1991
    
Contents
	Page
	1	Name of regulation	2
	3	Notes	2
	4	Exempted contracts—Act, s 4 (4) (b)	2
	5	Contracts declared not to be prescribed contracts—Act, s 6 (3) (d)	2
Schedule 1	Exempted contracts	3
Schedule 2	Contracts declared not to be prescribed contracts	5
Endnotes
	1	About the endnotes	7
	2	Abbreviation key	7
	3	Legislation history	8
	4	Amendment history	8

Australian Capital Territory
Door-to-Door Trading Regulation 2009     

made under the
Door-to-Door Trading Act 1991

    

  

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Door-to-Door Trading Regulation 2009.
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	About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history.  Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history.  These details are underlined.  Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnote.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.  
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2	Abbreviation key

am = amended	ord = ordinance	
amdt = amendment	orig = original	
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph	
def = definition	pres = present	
dict = dictionary	prev = previous	
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative 	(prev...) = previously	
Assembly	pt = part	
div = division	r = rule/subrule	
exp = expires/expired	renum = renumbered	
Gaz = gazette	reloc = relocated	
hdg = heading	R[X] = Republication No	
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	RI = reissue	
ins = inserted/added	s = section/subsection	
LA = Legislation Act 2001	sch = schedule	
LR = legislation register	sdiv = subdivision	
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	sub = substituted	
mod = modified/modification	SL = Subordinate Law	
o = order	underlining = whole or part not commenced	
om = omitted/repealed	or to be expired	
3	Legislation history
Door-to-Door Trading Regulation 2009 SL2009-49
notified LR 13 October 2009
s 1, s 2 commenced 13 October 2009 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 14 October 2009 (s 2)
4	Amendment history
Commencement
s 2	om LA s 89 (4)

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