Consultation outcome

Consolidating and modernising consumer law enforcement powers

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 28 March 2012

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The government responded to this consultation with the Draft Consumer Rights Bill.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeks views on simplifying enforcement officers' investigatory powers and the removing barriers to Trading Standards operating efficiently.

This consultation ran from
28 March 2012 to 11:45pm on 20 June 2012

Consultation description

The proposals in this consultation, which form part of a package of measures to simplify consumer law, seek to:

• simplify enforcement officers’ investigatory powers into a single set
• remove barriers to Trading Standards operating efficiently

The proposals also aim to reduce burdens on business, by requiring businesses to be given reasonable notice of officers’ routine visits unless there are good reasons for them to be unannounced.

For further details see our Consumer law enforcement powers page.

Documents

Enhancing consumer confidence through effective enforcement: consultation on consolidating and modernising consumer law enforcement powers

Ref: BIS/12/543

PDF, 471 KB, 54 pages

Enhancing consumer confidence through effective enforcement: supplementary legislative document for the consultation on consolidating and modernising consumer law enforcement powers

Ref: BIS/12/699

PDF, 139 KB, 20 pages

Enhancing consumer confidence through effective enforcement: consultation on consolidating and modernising consumer law enforcement powers - summary document for a package of measures on enforcement impact assessment

Ref: BIS/12/544

PDF, 166 KB, 13 pages

Enhancing consumer confidence: generic set of consumer law powers - impact assessment

Ref: BIS/12/545

PDF, 205 KB, 19 pages

Enhancing consumer confidence: improving cross-border cooperation and authorisation - impact assessment

Ref: BIS/12/546

PDF, 169 KB, 13 pages

Enhancing consumer confidence: encouraging more proportionate enforcement by removing barriers to civil enforcement - impact assessment

Ref: BIS/12/547

PDF, 175 KB, 13 pages

Enhancing consumer confidence: more flexible Trading Standards qualifications and competencies - impact assessment

Ref: BIS/12/548

PDF, 263 KB, 11 pages

Enhancing consumer confidence: enabling greater efficiency in the calibration of local authority measurement standards - impact assessment

Ref: BIS/12/549

PDF, 145 KB, 10 pages

Published 28 March 2012