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Agriculture
Act 1970
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Provides
for controls of fertilisers and animal feeding
stuffs. |
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Statutory
labelling of fertilisers and animal feeding
stuffs. |
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Prevents
excess deleterious materials in animal feeding
stuffs. |
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Agricultural
Produce (Grading and Marking) Acts 1928 and 1931
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Provides
for the grading and marking of agricultural
produce. |
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Animal
Health Act 1981
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Provides
for the control of animal diseases. |
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Provides
for the welfare of animals on the farm,
in transit and at market. |
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Deals
with animal diseases that can be caught
by humans. |
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Protection
of Children (Tobacco) Act 1986 and The Children
and Young Persons (Protection From Tobacco) Act
1991
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Prohibits
the sale of tobacco to children. |
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Controls
the siting of cigarette vending machines. |
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Clean
Air Act 1993
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Controls
the lead content of petrol and the sulphur
content of diesel fuel in order to reduce
atmospheric pollution. |
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Consumer
Credit Act 1974
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Provides
for control of consumer credit and hire. |
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Requires
licensing of credit and hire traders. |
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Controls
credit and hire advertising. |
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Controls
credit and hire documentation. |
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Controls
format used to indicate credit charges. |
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Provides
powers to revoke licences of traders offering
credit or hire facilities. |
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Controls
debt-collecting and credit reference agencies. |
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Consumer
Protection Act 1987
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Provides
for liability for damage caused by defective
products. |
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Prohibits
the supply of goods not in accordance with
the general safety requirement. |
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Provides
for the protection and safety of consumers
by enabling Regulations/Orders to be made
controlling consumer goods. |
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Provides
for approved safety standards to enable
compliance with general safety requirements. |
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Prohibits
the supply of unsafe goods. |
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Provides
powers for seizing and forfeiture of unsafe
goods. |
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Provides
powers to suspend the sale of suspected
unsafe goods. |
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Requires
persons to publish notices warning consumers
of unsafe goods previously supplied. |
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Prohibits
misleading price indications. |
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Control
of Pollution Act 1974
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Controls
the sale of anti-fouling paints and treatments. |
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Development
of Tourism Act 1969
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Requires
price of accommodation to be displayed by
hotels. |
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Education
Reform Act 1988
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Restricts
the ability to award degrees to bodies authorised
by Royal Charter, Act of Parliament or in
other cases designated by the Secretary
of State. |
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Restricts
the use of terms 'Bachelor', 'Master' or
'Doctor'. |
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Energy
Act 1976
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Requires
the publication of data relating to passenger
car fuel consumption. |
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Energy
Conservation Act 1981
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Permits
Regulations requiring the labelling of certain
domestic appliances as to their fuel consumption
(none in force). |
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Estate
Agents Act 1979
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Governs
accounts in respect of clients' money. |
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Controls
certain activities in connection with the
disposal and acquisition of interests in
land by Estate Agents. |
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Provides
powers to ban 'unfit' persons from estate
agency. |
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European
Communities Act 1972
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Implements
community obligations. |
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Prohibits
supply of goods not of prescribed standard
or composition. |
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Imposes
safety restrictions on certain goods. |
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Explosives
Acts 1875 and 1923 and Explosives (Age of Purchase)
Act 1976
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Control
registration of explosives stores and sellers
of fireworks. |
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Prevents
sales of fireworks to under-age children. |
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Fair
Trading Act 1973
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Promotes
fair trading. |
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Provides
controls on persistent offenders who contravene
trading laws. |
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Food
and Environment Protection Act 1985
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Protects
the public from food rendered unsafe as
a result of the escape of harmful substances
such as radioactive fall-out. |
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Protects
the public from the misuse of pesticides |
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Hallmarking
Act 1973
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Provides
protection for purchasers of precious metals
in relation to composition, assaying, marking
and description. |
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Provides
for recognition of international markings
on gold, silver and platinum. |
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Health
and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
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Controls
the classification, packaging, labelling,
carriage and storage of dangerous substances. |
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Medicines
Act 1968
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Provides
controls for medicinal products on production,
composition, labelling, advertising. |
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Controls
the incorporation of medicinal products
in animal feeding stuffs. |
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Merchant
Shipping Act 1979
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Controls
the loading of ships with cargo. Trading
Standards has responsibilities with respect
to weighbridges (including attendants) used
to check loads (i.e. the weight of heavy
goods vehicles). |
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Motor
Cycle Noise Act 1987
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Regulates
the sale of exhaust systems for motor-cycles. |
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Olympic
Symbol etc (Protection) Act 1995
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Prevents
unauthorised use of the Olympic Games symbols
and similar labels. |
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Prices
Acts 1974 and 1975
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Provides
power to regulate the price display of certain
goods. |
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Provides
protection and price information for consumers. |
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Promotes
fair trading. |
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Controls
the manner in which prices and sale prices
of goods may be indicated. |
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Property
Misdescriptions Act 1991
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Prescribes
various illegal practices associated with
buying and selling of property. |
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Timeshare
Act 1992
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Regulates
the conduct of the sale of timeshare properties. |
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Trade
Descriptions Act 1968
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Prohibits
misdescription of goods. |
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Prohibits
false claims for services, accommodation
and facilities. |
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Trade
Marks Act 1994
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Creates
an offence for the fraudulent application
or use of a trade mark. |
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Trading
Representations (Disabled Persons) Acts 1958 and
1972
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Controls
representations made by traders in respect
of the employment or assistance of blind
or disabled persons in the production, packing
or sale of goods. |
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Video
Recordings Acts 1984 and 1993
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Requires
classification and labelling of videos. |
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Weights
and Measures Act 1985
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Controls
weighing and measuring equipment used for
trade. |
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Protects
against deficient quantity in sale of goods. |
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Allows
provision of metrological technology service
to trade and industry. |
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Provides
guidance and control on packers' quantity
control systems. |
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Helps
to promote the free flow of goods within
the EEC. |
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Accommodation Agencies Act
1963
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Controls the taking of money
for providing services in connection with the letting of property. |
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Administration of Justice Act
1970
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Creates offence for
harassment of debtors or alleged debtors. |
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Business Names Act 1986
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Requires a business carried
on under a name other than that of its owner must display particulars of
ownership on premises and stationery. |
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Cancer Act 1939
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Prohibits claims concerning
cures or treatments for cancer. |
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Companies Act 1985
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Requires limited companies
to state their trading details on business premises and in documents. |
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Copyright, Designs and Patents
Act 1988 as amended by the Broadcasting Act 1990
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Establishes legal protection
for designs. |
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Creates criminal offence to
combat counterfeiting. |
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Controls making, importing
or distributing infringing copies of copyright material. |
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Criminal Justice Act 1988
(offensive weapons) as amended by the Offensive Weapons Act 1996.
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Prohibits the sale of knives and other bladed or pointed articles to
under 16 year olds |
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Dogs Act 1906 as amended by the
Dogs (Amendment) Act 1928
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Deals with unburied animal
carcasses. |
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Farm and Garden Chemicals Act
1967
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Controls labelling and
marking of products. |
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Prohibits transactions in
unlabelled products. |
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Forgery and Counterfeiting Act
1981
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Prohibits forgery and
counterfeiting of documents. |
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Insurance Brokers (Registration)
Act 1977
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Requires brokers to be
registered. |
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Intoxicating Substances (Supply)
Act 1985
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Prevents sale of
intoxicating substances, and equipment to aid misuse of such substances,
to children. |
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Knives Act 1997
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Prevents the marketing of
dangerous knives, and prohibits their sale to minors. |
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Malicious Communications Act
1988
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Makes provision for the
punishment of persons who send or deliver letters or other articles with
the purpose of causing distress or anxiety. |
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Mock Auctions Act 1961
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Prohibits certain practices
in relation to sales purporting to be sales by auction. |
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Motor Vehicles (Safety Equipment
for Children) Act 1991
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Amends the Road Traffic Act
1988 to provide regulation making powers for the shape, construction or
other quality of restraining devices used for children. |
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Protection Against Cruel
Tethering Act 1988
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Prohibits animals from being
tethered in certain circumstances. |
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Protection of Animals Act 1911
as amended by the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954 and the
Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968
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Deals with the cruelty
aspect of animal welfare. |
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Gives courts powers to ban
persons from keeping animals. |
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Road Traffic Acts 1988 and 1991
Road Traffic Act (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 Road Traffic
Offenders Act 1988 Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972
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Prohibits the overloading of
goods vehicles. |
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Prohibits sale of
unroadworthy vehicles. |
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Imposes minimum safety
requirements of certain vehicles. |
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Solicitors Act 1974
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Controls unlicensed conveyancing. |
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Telecommunications Act 1984
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Controls advertising, marketing
and labelling of telephones and associated equipment. |
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Theft Acts 1968 and 1978
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Prohibits obtaining property
or obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception or false accounting. |
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Trading Stamps Act 1964
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Regulates the issue, use and
redemption of trading stamps. |
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Unsolicited Goods and Services
Acts 1971 and 1975
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Controls the supply of
unsolicited goods. |
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Provides penalties for
demanding payment for unsolicited goods. |
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Controls trade directory
entries. |
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Consumer Arbitration
Agreements Act 1988
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Prevents compulsory
arbitration clauses in consumer contracts. |
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MIisrepresentation Act 1967
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Gives consumers civil
redress for misrepresentations of goods. |
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Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
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Makes void unfair contract
terms. |
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Torts (Interference with Goods)
Act 1977
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Allows holders of other
people's goods to sell them if certain conditions are complied with. |
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Sale of Goods Act 1979 as
amended by Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1994, Sale and Supply of Goods Act
1994 and Sale of Goods Act 1995
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Details the rights of
purchasers and the duties of sellers in the sale of goods. |
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Limitation Act 1980
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Prevents action being taken
by parties to a contract after six years. |
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Supply of Goods and Services Act
1982
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For contracts other than for
the sale of goods, details the rights of purchasers and the duties of
sellers. |
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Cheques Act 1992
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Enables consumers to protect
payment by cheque. |
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