Test Method:

Competition and Consumer Act 2010
 

Applicable countries:

Australia
 

Requirement/Limits:

Statements as to the minimum price of goods
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 96(3)(f), if:
(a) a statement is applied to goods, whether by being woven in, impressed on, worked into or annexed or affixed to the goods or otherwise;
(b) a statement is applied to a covering, label, reel or thing in or with which goods are supplied; or
(c) a statement is used in a sign, advertisement, invoice, catalogue, business letter, business paper, price list or other document or otherwise in a manner likely to lead to the belief that it refers to goods;
The statement shall be deemed to have been used in relation to those goods.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), covering includes a stopper, glass, bottle, vessel, box, capsule, case, frame or wrapper and label includes a band or ticket.
 

Product Scope:

The object of this Act is to enhance the welfare of Australians through the promotion of competition and fair trading and provision for consumer protection.