Section 142 Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018

Section 142 of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018 is about Supply of services. It is under Part XVI (Duties of Manufacturers, Importers, Distributors and Suppliers of Goods and Services) of the Act.

(1) A contract is a contract for the supply of a service for the purposes of this Act whether or not goods are also transferred or to be transferred, or bailed or to be bailed by way of hire, under the contract and whatever is the nature of the consideration for which the service is to be carried out.

(2) For the purpose of this Act, a contract for apprenticeship is not a contract for the supply of a service.

(3) In a contract for the supply of a service where the supplier is acting in the course of a business, there is an implied term that the supplier will carry out the service with reasonable care and skill.