The last time you used a car parking building and paid for the service online, did you pause to read the terms and conditions? If not, you might be surprised to find the car park operator could have the right to remove your vehicle without having to give any reason and would not be obliged to refund any charges you’ve paid.
This is just one example of commercial terms identified as potentially unfair in a new study by Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington in association with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
The study compared contracts from 2015 and 2018 (the latest available data) to assess whether businesses are revising their contracts to remove “potentially unfair terms” in line with changes to the Fair Trading Act introduced in 2015.
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You might be surprised to find the car park operator could have the right to remove your vehicle without having to give any reason and would not be obliged to refund any charges you’ve paid.
ANALYSIS: The last time you used a car-parking building and paid for the service online, did you pause to read the terms and conditions? If not, you might be surprised to find the car park operator could have the right to remove your vehicle without having to give any reason and would not be obliged to refund any charges you’ve paid.