The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations were approved in
Parliament last week. The Consumer Protection Regulations will come into force on Monday 26 May 2008.

This new legislation represents one of the biggest changes to consumer
law in decades and will benefit honest businesses by simplifying
consumer protection legislation and clamping down on those that are
using underhand sales and marketing practices to gain an unfair
competitive advantage. This will help to create a level playing field
for the vast majority of businesses that do treat their customers
honestly and fairly.

It is important that businesses are fully aware of, and understand, the
new regulations to ensure that they are compliant.

The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) has
put together a booklet to explain the new legislation. This is available
to download: click here.