Fair Trading provides commentary and section by section analysis of the Fair Trading Act 1986 and the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993. It also contains commentary on some of the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003. It is updated frequently to include developments in the law relating to fair trading and consumer guarantees as well as covering significant cases in this area. It is authored in-house.

• Commentary on the provisions of the Fair Trading Act 1986 and the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993; 
• Consumer information and product safety standards as prescribed in regulations; gazetted unsafe goods notices.
• Important sections from related legislation such as selected provisions of the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003 (including some commentary) and the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 (pt 3, Sale of goods).
• Useful appendices including the Commerce Commission’s guidelines on making environmental claims, contact point information for consumers and traders, and carrying out a product recall.
• Compliance programmes: practical advice on developing compliance programmes tailored to the needs of specific businesses.

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