Consumer law reform

The consumer law reform covers the Fair Trading Act, the Consumer Guarantees Act, and the Weights and Measures Act, the Layby Sales Act, the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act, the Door to Door Sales Act and the Auctioneers Act. It also considers aspects of the Carriage of Goods Act and the Sale of Goods Act.

Each piece of consumer law is being reviewed, looking at:

its history and original purpose
its ongoing relevance and, if still relevant, whether it is sufficiently up to date for consumer transactions of today
any gaps in the law and the overall effectiveness of the law particularly its enforceability.

The objectives of the review are:

To have in place principles-based consumer law
To achieve simplification and consolidation of the existing law
To achieve harmonisation with the Australian Consumer Law, as appropriate, in accordance with the government’s agenda of a single economic market with Australia (SEM).

The discussion document on consumer law reform is available here.

Submissions for the discussion paper close on 30 July 2010.

Links referenced

here: http://www.consumeraffairs.govt.nz/legislation-policy/policy-development/resolveuid/0a41a41f0e0cb20f48d364898d27317c

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