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Car Block Exemption
Car Sales and Servicing
Children’s Clothing Safety
Christmas Day Trading
Christmas Hampers (inc. Farepak)
Citizens Advice Bureaux (funding)
Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993
Creosote and creosote-treated wood
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Distance Selling (Mail Order, Telephone and Internet Shopping)
Doorstep Selling
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Farepak Food and Gifts Ltd
Fireworks Legislation covering safety and anti-social use
Furniture Flammability Regulations
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Origin Marking (Made in... Labels)
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Package Travel
Product Safety - General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR) 2005
Product Safety - Product Liability, Defective Products, Unsafe Products
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Sale of Goods Act 1979
Scam Promotions/Prize Draws
Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (Supply of Services)
Sunday Trading / Sunday Shopping Laws
Super-complaints
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Timeshare, Holiday Clubs
Toy Safety
Trading Schemes, Pyramid Selling
Trading Standards - Role of in the UK
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Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (use of exclusion clauses)
Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulation 1999
