What does the Trade Description Act do?

What does the Trade Description Act do?

The Trade Descriptions Act 1968 made it an offence for businesses or salespeople to sell a product or service based on misinformation. The Act forced them to be more truthful about their service or product and not deliberately mislead consumers into spending their money on a false claim.

What happens if you break the Trade Descriptions Act?

Individuals can also be prosecuted and could face a fine or up to two years in prison. But unless you are guilty of a major breach of the regulations, it is more likely that your local trading standards service would use informal procedures or an enforcement order to deal with the breach.

How does the Trade Description Act affect businesses?

The Trade Descriptions Act 1968 ensures that businesses accurately describe their goods and services. It is an offence for businesses to falsely describe any element of the products they offer. For example, accurate information must be given about the size of an engine in a car.

What do you mean by trade description?

the details and information provided about a product or service to help consumers understand what they are buying: Applying a false trade description to goods is a criminal offence.

How is the Trade Description Act enforced?

Local Trading Standards authorities are under a statutory duty to enforce the provisions of this Act and the Act gives them power of entry, inspection and seizure to help them do it.

What does the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 cover?

Specifically, the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982, states that service providers are required to provide their goods or services with reasonable care and skill, at a reasonable price and within a reasonable time frame where a fixed date had not been previously agreed between the parties.

Is the Trade Descriptions Act still in force?

Although technically the Act itself remains in force, most of its specific provisions were repealed and superseded by the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 which came into force 26 May 2008, missing the EU deadline for implementation by 12 June 2007.

Can Trading Standards get my money back?

Trading Standards can take businesses to court or stop them operating, but they won’t help you fix your problem – for example, they can’t help you get a refund. You can get help with your consumer problem from the Citizens Advice consumer service.

How does the Consumer Protection Act protect customers?

As well as protection from unfair trading, consumers are protected by statutory rights and regulations against unfair contracts. Among other things, these generally give the consumer the right to cancel an order within an automatic cooling-off period and receive a refund or replacement if goods are faulty.

What should be filled in trade description?

As the name suggests, Trade Description briefly describes the service or product that a company or an individual is going to sell. The main aim of adding its description is to prevent retailers, manufacturers, or service providers from misleading customers.

What is a false trade description?

A description of goods made in the course of a business that is false in respect of certain facts (see trade description). It was also an offence to supply or offer to supply goods to which a false trade description is attached.

What was the Trade Act?

The Trade Act of 1974 (Pub.L. 93–618, 88 Stat. 1978, enacted January 3, 1975, codified at 19 U.S.C. ch. 12) was passed to help industry in the United States become more competitive or phase workers into other industries or occupations.

What is the Trade Description Act of 1968?

The Trade Descriptions Act 1968 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which prevents manufacturers, retailers or service industry providers from misleading consumers as to what they are spending their money on.

What is Trade Practice Act?

The Trade Practices Act is particular to Australia, and was initiated by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in 1974. The Trade Practices Act aims to enhance the welfare of Australians by promoting competition and fair trading and providing for consumer protection.

What is a Trade Agreement Act?

Trade Agreements Act of 1979. The Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (TAA), Pub.L. 96–39, 93 Stat. 144, enacted July 26, 1979, codified at 19 U.S.C. ch. 13 ( 19 U.S.C. §§ 2501 – 2581 ), is an Act of Congress that governs trade agreements negotiated between the United States and other countries under the Trade Act of 1974.