Extended Response – Consumer Law How effective are legal and non-legal measures in responding to credit and product certification issues? The law has endeavoured to reform‚ gradually improve and develop itself due to the rising number of contemporary issues concerning consumers which include credit and product certification. The law is effective in most of these areas‚ although there is often need for additional protective measures which are supported by legal and non-legal measures in order
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as "a means by which governments hope to improve the competitive environment in which firms operate‚ in order to enhance the overall performance of the economy."(Lees and Lam‚ 2001) Competition law is enforced by the Office of Fair Trading. Their aim is to make the market place fair‚ by eliminating any unfair practices. Under the title of Competition Policy‚ a number of factors are taken into account. Competition Law is used to impose certain regulations on companies. A number of different Acts are
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OCN Access to HE Pathway – Business To: Benson Osejindu Unit -Title: Business Studies – External Influences. From: Husien Hussen Date: 17/02/2011 Content Title Page 1 Executive Summary & Methodology & Introduction Page 3 Main Body Page 4-14 Conclusion
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Collinder‚ Business Reporter Jamaicans have been noticing that several of the grocery items they buy no longer look and taste the same‚ and several persons have taken their complaints of misleading packaging and falling quality standards to the Fair Trading Commission (FTC). The FTC‚ as competition watchdog‚ can and does force food manufacturers to correct misleading representations of products where these are proved. But when the grouse is simply a matter of how the product ’tastes ’‚ then it
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ACTS AND POLICIES In this assignment I will explain the legal‚ ethical and operational issues in relation to the use of information. Legal issues Legal issues are various items of legislation (law) to protect the use of business information. Data protection act 1998 Many business store information about people‚ whether it’s for potential customers or previous clients. The data protection act protects the information held about people from being misused. The information businesses store
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act‚ 1986. Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 Electronic Commerce Regulations 2002 Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 Enterprise Act 2002 General Product Safety Regulations 2005 Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_protection www.books.google.co.in www.ncdrc.nic.in The Economic Times 94 www.zenithresearch.org.in
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established under any law and to undertake competition advocacy‚ create public awareness and impart training on competition issues. The Competition Commission strives to:- 1. Make the markets work for the benefit and welfare of consumers. 2. Ensure fair and healthy competition in economic activities in the country for faster and inclusive growth and development of economy. 3. Implement competition policies with an aim to effectuate the most efficient utilization of economic resources. 4. Develop
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unleaded petrol from a number of retailers‚ including Tesco. Under the Sale of Goods Act 1979 motorists can claim for the petrol‚ any repairs and "consequential" losses. Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulation 2008 There are three main criteria under the Consumer protection from unfair trading regulation 2008 The general ban on unfair commercial practices Misleading action which includes selling items that doesn’t exist or lying about their products and so on. The black list which contains
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NAME: Gemma Steedman TEST TITLE: Customer Service Measurement and Regulation TEST: PO2 TUTOR: Loretto Barczynski SUBMISSION DATE: 15 - 08 - 13 CUSTOMER SERVICE MEASUREMENT & REGULATING - BENCHMARKING 1. A Brief Overview; Tourism The D Hotel The award-winning d hotel is a luxury 4 star hotel in Drogheda Co. Louth Ireland is located on the banks of the historic River Boyne. This impressive waterfront location includes the Scotch Hall shopping complex and a purpose built pedestrian
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suggest a law that the business might be breaking and the reason why. Example Possible legislation being broken and why A picture on the packaging that shows better quality ingredients than those used in the product. Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. The business is putting dishonest ingredients which show the better ingredients compared to the original one. Passing on electronic details to a third party without obtaining consent. Data Protection Act 1998. The business is secretly
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