Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CONSUMER CREDIT (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) CODE - SECT 14

14 .         Precontractual disclosure

        (1)         A credit provider must not enter into a credit contract unless the credit provider has given the debtor —

            (a)         a precontractual statement setting out the matters required by section 15 to be included in the contract document; and

            (b)         an information statement in the form required by the regulations of the debtor’s statutory rights and statutory obligations.

        (2)         Those statements must be given —

            (a)         before the contract is entered into; or

            (b)         before the debtor makes an offer to enter into the contract;

                whichever first occurs.

        (3)         Before entering into a credit contract, the credit provider may inform the debtor of the comparison rate. If the credit provider does so, the comparison rate must be calculated as prescribed by the regulations and be accompanied by the warnings set out in the regulations.

        (4)         The precontractual statement must contain the financial information specified by the regulations in the form prescribed by the regulations.

        (5)         The precontractual statement may be the proposed contract document or be a separate document or documents.

        (6)         A document forming part of a precontractual statement consisting of more than one document when the pre-contractual statement is first given must indicate that it does not contain all of the required precontractual information.

        (7)         A pre-contractual statement may be varied, within the time referred to in subsection (2), by written notice containing particulars of the variation given to the debtor.