Fair Trading Act 1973

Fair Trading Act 1973
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to provide for the appointment of a Director General of Fair Trading and of a Consumer Protection Advisory Committee, and to confer on the Director General and the Committee so appointed, on the Secretary of State, on the Restrictive Practices Court and on certain other courts new functions for the protection of consumers; to make provision, in substitution for the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices (Inquiry and Control) Act 1948 and the Monopolies and Mergers Act 1965, for the matters dealt with in those Acts and related matters, including restrictive labour practices; to amend the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956 and the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1968, to make provision for extending the said Act of 1956 to agreements relating to services, and to transfer to the Director General of Fair Trading the functions of the Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements; to make provision with respect to pyramid selling and similar trading schemes; to make new provision in place of section 30(2) to (4) of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968; and for purposes connected with those matters.
Citation1973 c. 41
Introduced byLord Drumalbyn, Minister without Portfolio (Lords)
Dates
Royal assent25 July 1973
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Fair Trading Act 1973 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[1]

  1. ^ Lowe, R.; Woodroffe, G. F. (1985). Consumer Law and Practice. ISBN 0785556745.