National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

SCHEDULE 1 - NATIONAL CREDIT CODE  

Note:

See section 3 of the National Credit Act.

PART 11 - CONSUMER LEASES  

Division 9 - Linked lessors and tied consumer leases  

Subdivision B - Liability of lessors for suppliers ' misrepresentations  

179T   Lessor liable for supplier ' s misrepresentations about hired goods  

179T(1)    
If there is a tied consumer lease, any representation, warranty or statement made (whether orally or in writing) by the supplier, or any person acting on behalf of the supplier, to the lessee in relation to:

(a) goods hired under the lease; or

(b) the lease; or

(c) services, supplied or arranged by the lessor, that are incidental to the hire of goods under the lease;

gives the lessee the same rights against the lessor as the lessee would have had if it had been made by the lessor.

179T(2)    
Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies to which a lessor may be entitled, a lessor is entitled to be indemnified by the person who made the representation, warranty or statement, and any person on whose behalf it was made, against any damage suffered by the lessor through the operation of this section.