BUSAD 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Consumer Affairs Victoria, Standard Form Contract, Victorian Civil And Administrative Tribunal
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Unfairly takes advantage of a person"s special weakness or disability. Two types of unconscionable conduct prohibited by the acl: Unconscionable conduct when supplying goods or services to, or acquiring goods or services from, a person other than a listed public company: s 21. A term of a contract will be unfair in contravention of acl s 23 and therefore void if: the contract is a consumer contract, the contract is a standard form contract; and, the term is unfair. According to acl s 24(1), a term of a consumer contract is unfair" if : It causes a significant imbalance in the parties" rights and obligations arising under the contract; It is not reasonably necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the business; and. It would cause detriment to the consumer. Director of consumer affairs victoria v aapt limited [2006] vcat 1493. Aapt offered mobile phone contract and a consumer entered into this contract.
