Consumer Law

By law everything that is said about the product must not be misleading. This product should also be fit for purpose.

All goods must be as described, fit for purpose and of satisfactory quality.

This law relates to police powers, bail, disclosure, allocation of criminal offences, prosecution appeals.

This law sets out the different ways in which it’s unlawful to treat someone.

This allows local councils to seize unsafe goods and suspend the sale of suspected unsafe goods.

This law makes it an offence for a trader to make false or misleading statements about goods or services.

This law regulates the way in which consumer credit licensees carry on business. For example, there are rules on advertising and credit agreements.

This law prohibits the sale, supply, and offer to supply, or hire of specified products to persons under the minimum legal age.

This act protects customer’s information, any business collecting or using customer’s information must adhere to the act.

This law protects the consumer when buying products from a distance.

This act is to make provision for protecting persons from harassment and similar conduct e.g. bullying.

This law protects consumers from unfair or misleading trading practices and ban misleading omissions and aggressive sales tactics.