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.
PartiesParamount Merchandise Company Limited
Category
Consumer
Sub-category
Act/Section
Fair Trading Act ss 13(a), 31(5), 40(1)