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TFO was established after critical reports from the UK Office of Fair Trading regarding the furniture industry – a 1986 discussion paper, The Protection of Consumer Prepayments, and, in 1990, Furniture and Carpets - A report by the Director General of Fair Trading. This recommended industry reforms relating to: labelling, consumer buying ...
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) was a non-ministerial government department of the United Kingdom, established by the Fair Trading Act 1973, which enforced both consumer protection and competition law, acting as the United Kingdom's economic regulator.
In the complex case of Director General of Fair Trading v First National Bank, [2] the bank's seemingly unfair interest term was found to be in good faith as the term guarded the bank from a possible situation of receiving no interest defeating their business objective.
The Department of Prices and Consumer Protection was established in 1974. This was the first time a government department's title made reference to consumer protection. In 2011 Consumer Minister Edward Davey announced plans within a policy document called Better Choices, Better Deals: Consumers Powering Growth to ensure that businesses would provide key information to their customers on how ...
Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. Consumer protection measures are often established by law.
The ACCC administers the Competition and Consumer Act, and has standing to take action in the Federal Court of Australia to enforce its provision. [8] The Competition and Consumer Act contains a broad range of provisions, such as provisions on anti-competitive conduct, the Australian Consumer Law and regulation of telecommunications and energy industries. [9]
Citizens Advice [n 1] (previously Citizens Advice Bureau [9] [n 2] and also known as Cyngor ar Bopeth [n 3] in Welsh [10]) is a British independent organisation specialising in confidential information and advice to assist people with legal, debt, consumer, housing and other problems in the United Kingdom.
NSW Fair Trading is a division of the New South Wales State Government's Department of Customer Service in Australia. The division's focus is to create a fair, safe and equitable marketplace in New South Wales. It investigates allegations of unfair business practices, and regulates goods sold in New South Wales.