Who is a consumer under the Australian Consumer Law?

• A person is a consumer and subject to the protections offered by the Australian Consumer Law if:
  • the amount of money they have paid for goods or services does not exceed $40,000; or
  • the goods or services were purchased for personal, domestic or household use; or
  • the goods are a vehicle or trailer that is used mostly for the transport of goods on public roads.
• Under the Australian Consumer Law you will not classify as a consumer if the goods or services were purchased for:
  • re-supply; or
  • to use them up or transform them as part of the production process or in the course of repairing or treating other goods or fixtures on land.