Section 132 Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act

Section 132 of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018 is about Implied warranty of quality. It is under Part XV (Consumers’ Rights) of the Act.

(1) In any transaction or agreement pertaining to the supply of goods to a consumer, there is an implied warranty that the goods shall comply with the requirements and standards contemplated in section 131 (1) and (2) of this Act.

(2) Within three months after the delivery of any goods to a consumer, the consumer may return the goods to the undertaking that supplied those goods, without penalty and at the undertaking’s risk and expense, if the goods fail to satisfy the requirements and standards contemplated in section 131 (1) of this Act and the undertaking shall either repair or replace the failed, unsafe or defective goods or refund to the consumer the price paid by the consumer for the goods.