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StatuteCompetition and Consumer Act 2010

Section 270 — Competition and Consumer Act 2010: Termination of contracts for the supply of goods that are connected with terminated services

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(1) If: (a) under section 267, a consumer terminates a contract for the supply of services; and (b) a person (the supplier) has supplied, in trade or commerce, goods to the consumer that are connected with the services; then: (c) the consumer is taken to have rejected the goods at the time the termination of the contract takes effect; and (d) the consumer must return the goods to the supplier of the goods unless: (i) the goods have already been returned to, or retrieved by, the supplier; or (ii) the goods cannot be returned, removed or transported without significant cost to the consumer because of the nature of the failure to comply with the guarantee to which the rejection relates, or because of the size or height, or method of attachment, of the goods; and (e) the supplier must refund: (i) any money paid by the consumer for the goods; and (ii) an amount that is equal to the value of any other consideration provided by the consumer for the goods. (2) If subsection (1)(d)(ii) applies, the supplier must collect the goods at the supplier’s expense.

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