New legislation
The awarding body recognises that the legislation enforced by trading standards professionals is constantly changing and subject of reinterpretation by the Courts. To accommodate this fact the evidence produced in portfolios need only be in accordance with the legislation and precedent at the time it was produced and account need not be taken of later changes.
For example; a candidate putting together a Fair Trading (Criminal) Portfolio may use evidence under Trade Descriptions Act 1968 if the alleged offence was committed before the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) came into force as long as that evidence meets the other tests of currency. If the offence was committed after the CPRs came into force then the expectation would be that the evidence relates to that piece of legislation subject to the test of currency.
October 2008
