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Completed Consultations
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Consultation
on Voluntary Termination of Hire Purchase and
Conditional Sale Agreements Under the Consumer Credit
Act 1974.
For
info:
Consumer
Finance.
  Consultation
Document (25 pages).
Government
response to the consultation.
Published: 2 September 2004
Deadline for Responses: 30 November 2004
Passed
Consultation
on possible changes to the system of charging for the
costs of merger control.
Click here for
an overview of the UK mergers regime.
Consultation document (31 pages).
Summary
of responses (10 pages).
Government
response (16 pages).
Regulatory
Impact Assessment (10 pages).
Published: 4 August 2004
Deadline for Responses: 3 November 2004
Passed
Consultation on calculation of turnover of a water enterprise for the revised water merger regime.
Consultation document (14 pages).
Government
response to the consultation (13 pages)
Published: 29
July 2004
Deadline for Responses: 28 October 2004
Passed
Consumer
Strategy -
Extending Competitive Markets: Empowered Consumers, Successful
Business.
More information on the
Consumer Strategy...
Consumer
Strategy and Consultation Document (103 pages).
Summary
of Consultation Responses (25 pages).
Published: 14 July 2004
Deadline for Responses: 31 October 2004
Passed
Doorstep Selling & Cold
Calling - a consultation on proposals to improve
consumer protection when purchasing goods or services in
their home.
In response to the Office of Fair Trading
(OFT) report on their market study of
doorstep selling.
Consultation
document (55 pages).
Regulatory Impact Assessment
(10 pages).
Statistical summary of
responses (33 pages) October 2005.
Published: 14
July 2004
Deadline for Responses: 15 November 2004
Passed
Consultation on proposed Cosmetic Products (Safety)
Regulations 2004.
Consultation
document
Commission Directive 2003/15/EC
(7th Amendment).
Commission
Directive 2003/83/EC (30th Amendment).
Commission
Directive 2003/80/EC (31st Amendment).
Final
Regulatory Impact Assessment.
Responses
to consultation.
Published: 21
April 2004
Deadline for Responses: 15 July 2004
Passed
Consultation
on proposals to tackle the anti-social use of fireworks through the regulation of their use and supply.
Click here for further
information on the Firework Regulations.
Consultation document (46
pages)
Summary
and analysis of responses and the subsequent changes
made.
Published: 23
April 2004
Deadline for Responses: 2 July 2004
Passed
Consultation
on proposed changes to the Weights and
Measures (Packaged Goods)
Regulations 1986 SI 1986/2049.
Consultation Document (45
pages)
Response Form.
Responses
to consultation (25 pages)
Published:
30 March 2004.
Deadline for responses: 30 June 2004
Passed
Consultation
on electronic Business Order Forms - a
regulation to amend the Unsolicited Goods
and Services Act 1971.
Consultation document (16
pages)
Published:
12 March 2004
Deadline for Responses:18 June
2004
Passed
Consultation
on proposed Fireworks (Safety) (Amendment)
Regulations 2004. Click here for further
information on the Firework Regulations.
Consultation document (33
pages)
Responses
to Consultation (11 pages)
Published:
30 January 2004
Deadline for Responses: 23 April 2004
Passed
Consultation
on changes to the Consumer Protection (Distance
Selling) Regulations 2000.
Click here for further
information on Distance Selling.
Consultation document (72
pages)
Covering letter (1 page)
Responses to consultation (28
pages)
Published:
23 January 2004
Deadline for Responses: 23 April 2004
Passed
Consultation on draft
Competition Appeal Tribunal rules (addressing
certain Communications Act appeals and
amending the existing rules).
Consultation
document (16 pages)
Published:
16 January 2004
Deadline for Responses: 8 April 2004 Passed
Consultation
paper on the provision of Alternative
Dispute Resolution for disputes arising
under the Consumer Credit Act 1974.
Click here for further
information on the Consumer Credit Act
Review.
Consultation Document.
Regulatory Impact Assessment
(RIA).
Summary of responses. This
document summarises the responses we received and sets
out our policy decisions on the areas covered by the
consultation.
Published:
17 December 2003
Deadline for Responses: 17 March 2004 Passed
Consultation
on the implementation of Commission
Directives 2003/34/EC and 2003/36/EC on
marketing and use restrictions regarding
carcinogens, mutagens and substances
toxic to reproduction (cmrs).
Consultation Document
Result of consultation
Published:
15 December 2003
Deadline for Responses: 9 March 2004 Passed
Enterprise Act 2002:
Public Interest Intervention In Media
Mergers.
Consultation
Document
Responses
to Consultation
Published:
15 December 2003
Deadline for responses: 12 March 2004 Passed
Consultation
following publication of the
White Paper "Fair,
Clear and Competitive - The Consumer
Credit Market in the 21st Century".
Consultation
Document
Published:
8 December 2003
Deadline for responses: 15 March 2004.
Passed
Consultation on
proposed Fireworks Regulations dealing
with the anti social use of fireworks by
young people and the misuse of
particularly dangerous and powerful
fireworks generally.
Consultation Document.
Response to consultation.
Published:
5 November 2003
Deadline for responses: 26 November
2003 Passed
Consultation
on Commission proposal to extend the
scope of the Community’s competition
implementing rules to cover air services
between the Community and third countries.
Consultation Document
DTI Covering Letter
Commission Proposal
Summary of responses
The Commission formally
adopted the above regulation on 26 February 2004. The
Commission’s media release can be found by
clicking here. We are currently
reviewing how UK domestic legislation will need to be
amended following the adoption of this Regulation.
Published:
8 October 2003
Deadline for responses: 30 December
2003 Passed
Consultation
on Performance Measures for Trading
Standards 2004/2005. Further info:
Performance
Measures for Trading Standards
Consultation Document
Responses Form
Summary of Responses
Published:
29 September 2003
Deadline for responses: 22 December
2003 -extended to 26/01/2004 Passed
Public
Consultation on the Regulation of the
European Parliament and Council on Co-operation
between National Authorities Responsible
for the Enforcement of Consumer
Protection Laws (“The Regulation on
Consumer Protection Co-operation”).
Consultation
document.
Draft
EC Regulation.
Summary
of responses.
Published:
19 September 2003
Deadline for responses: 12 December
2003 Passed
Consultation on
the Implementation of Directives 2002/61/EC
(Azocolourants) and 2003/3/EC ('blue
colourant').
Consultation document
Annex A - EC Directive
2002/61
Annex B - EC Directive 2003/3
Annex C -Statutory
Instruments
DTI Covering letter
EC Communication on tests
Published:
10 September 2003
Deadline for responses: 9 October 2003
Passed
Public
consultation on the proposal for an EU
Directive on Unfair Commercial Practices. Further
info:
Unfair Commercial
Practices.
Consultation document (53
pages).
Report of the workshop (21
pages).
Executive summary of legal
study (5 pages).
Full report of legal study (122
pages).
Summary of replies and
Government Response (23 pages).
Regulatory Impact Assessment
(RIA).
Click
here for further information on the EU Directive on Unfair
Commercial Practices
Published:
22 July 2003
Deadline for responses: 17 October
2003 Passed
Public
consultation on the Government’s
proposals for exclusions and exemptions
from the Competition Act 1998 in light of
Regulation 1/2003 EC.
Consultation document (85
pages).
Updated Government response
to consultation (18 pages).
Updated Regulatory Impact
Assessment (36 pages).
Consolidated
version of the Competition Act 1998. (148 pages).
Published:
17 June 2003
Deadline for responses: 12 August 2003.
Passed
Public
consultation on the Government's proposal
to repeal the Trading Stamps Act 1964 by
means of a Regulatory Reform Order.
Consultation document (54
pages)
Government response to
consultation (8 pages)
Published: 21 May 2003
Deadline for responses: 20 August 2003. Passed
Public consultation on
the Government’s proposals to amend
the Sunday Trading Act 1994 to prohibit
large stores from opening on Christmas
Day.
Consultation document (21
pages).
Welsh language version.
Summary
of responses to consultation (3 pages).
Regulatory Impact Assessment
(6 pages).
Published:
8 April 2003.
Deadline for responses: 2 July 2003. Passed
Public
consultation on the Government’s
proposals amend the Competition Act 1998
to give effect to Regulation 1/2003
Consultation document (102
pages).
Government response to
consultation (18 pages).
Regulatory Impact Assessment
(36 pages)
Consolidated
version of the Competition Act 1998. (148 pages).
Published:
1 April 2003.
Deadline for responses: 27 June 2003. Passed
Public
consultation on proposed changes to the
Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971
by means of a Regulatory Reform Order.
Please click here
for more information on the Act and Trade
Directories
Consultation document.
Published:
28 March 2003.
Deadline for responses: 27 June 2003. Passed
Price Marking
- Public consultation on proposed changes
to the Code of Practice for Traders on
Price Indications.
Consultation document.
Annex A - 1998 Code showing
proposed revisions.
Response to consultation (Oct
2005)
Published:
28 March 2003.
Deadline for responses: 27 June 2003. Passed
Consultation on Sunday
Trading Act 1994 notification procedures
and section 26 of the Revenue Act 1889,
on the sale of methylated spirits on a
Sunday.
Consultation document.
Summary of Responses.
Published: 18 March 2003.
Deadline for responses:
27 June 2003 Passed
Consultation on a new
good practice guide to applying the 1998
Enforcement Concordat.
Please click here
for further information on the
Enforcement Concordat and the Good
Practice Guide.
Consultation document.
Response to consultation.
Deadline for responses: 28
May 2003 Passed
Consultation
on making the extortionate credit
provisions within the Consumer Credit Act
1974 more effective.
Please click here
for more information about the Consumer
Credit Review.
Consultation document
Responses to consultation
Deadline for responses: 6th
June 2003 Passed
Consultation
on the Licensing Regime under the
Consumer Credit Act 1974
Consultation document
Responses to consultation
Deadline
for responses: 30th April 2003 Passed
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