Paramount Merchandise Company Limited
Paramount Merchanise Company Limited was convicted and fined $104,000 for offences under section 40(1) of the Fair Trading Act 1986 for breaches of section 31(5) of the Act, by supplying 2,280 hot water bottles that did not fully comply with the Unsafe Goods (Hot Water Bottles) Permanent Prohibition Notice 2016; and it breached section 13(a) of the Act by making a false and/or misleading representation that the hot water bottles complied with the Standard BS1970:2012 Hot Water Bottles manufactured from rubber and PVC when they did not.
Case Details
Parties
Paramount Merchandise Company Limited
Category
Consumer
Sub-category
Act/Section
Fair Trading Act 1986 13(a), 31(5), 40(1)
Industry
Retail – other
Status
Closed
Outcome
Judgment
Case Number
Date opened
26 August 2019
Date closed
23 August 2021
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