Relevant Legislation
A short introduction to consumer legislation.
- Business Advertisements (Disclosure) Order 1977
- Consumer Credit Act 1974
- Consumer Protection (Cancellation of Contracts Concluded Away From Business Premises) Regualtions 1987
- Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000
- Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
- Consumer Transactions (Restriction on Statements) Order 1976
- Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
- Control of Misleading Advertisements Regulations 1988
- Energy Efficiency Regulations
- Enterprise Act 2002
- Estate Agents Act 1979
- Food Legislation
- Hallmarking Act 1973
- Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992
- Prices Act 1974
- Property Misdescriptions Act 1991
- Safety Legislation
- Sale of Goods Act 1979 (as Amended By The Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994 and The Sale and Supply of Goods to Consumers Regulations 2002)
- Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982
- The Shops (Sunday Trading) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
- Timeshare Act 1992
- Trade Descriptions Act 1968
- Trade Marks Act 1994
- Trading Schemes Act 1996 and Trading Schemes Regulations 1997
- Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
- Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999
- Unsolicited Goods and Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1976
- Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981
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