Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

89.   Disclosure of price of goods or service

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    (1)   A supplier shall not display goods for sale, or offer to supply any service without displaying a price in relation to the goods or service, unless the display is —

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      (a)     designed and intended predominantly as a form of advertisement of the supplier, or of the goods or service; and

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      (b)     in the case of goods, in an area within the supplier's premises to which the public does not ordinarily have access.

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    (2)   For the purposes of this section —

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      (a)     a price is displayed in relation to particular goods if it is —

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        (i)     annexed or affixed to, written, printed, stamped or located on, or otherwise applied to the goods or to any band, ticket, covering, label, package, reel, shelf or other thing used in connection with the goods or on which the goods are mounted for display or exposed for sale,

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        (ii)     published in relation to the goods in a catalogue available to the public if a time is specified in the catalogue as the time after which the goods may not be sold at that price, and that time has not yet passed or in any other case, the catalogue may reasonably be regarded as not out of date, or

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        (iii)     in any way represented in a manner from which it may reasonably be inferred that the price represented is a price applicable to the goods or service; and

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      (b)     a price is not displayed in relation to goods if —

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        (i)     the price was affixed to the goods outside Saint Lucia in relation to the supply of the goods outside Saint Lucia, or

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        (ii)     the display of that price is fully covered and obscured by a second displayed price.

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    (3)   Subject to subsection (4), where a supplier displays goods or offers to supply any service in relation to which more than one price is concurrently displayed, section 124 applies.

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    (4)   Subsection (3) does not apply in respect of the price of the goods or service if the price of the goods or service is determined by any other law.

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    (5)   Where a supplier has provided an estimate for any service, or goods and services, as contemplated in section 107, the price for that service, or goods and services, must not exceed the estimate unless —

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      (a)     the supplier has informed the consumer of the additional estimate charges; and

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      (b)     the consumer has authorized the work to continue.

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    (6)   A supplier who contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.