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Our fact sheets on consumer-related issues are listed and linked to below. They are also linked to from our relevant policy subject pages.
Consumers seeking advice on individual issues should contact Consumer Direct - on the web or by phone on 08454 040506.
C
Car Sales and Servicing
Children’s Clothing Safety
Christmas Day Trading
Citizens Advice Bureaux (funding)
Creosote and creosote-treated wood
D
Distance Selling (Mail Order, Telephone and Internet Shopping)
Doorstep Selling
F
Fireworks Legislation covering safety and anti-social use
Furniture Flammability Regulations
O
Origin Marking (Made in... Labels)
P
Package Travel
Product Safety - General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR) 2005
Product Safety - Product Liability, Defective Products, Unsafe Products
S
Sale of Goods Act 1979
Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (Supply of Services)
Sunday Trading / Sunday Shopping Laws
T
Timeshare, Holiday Clubs
Toy Safety
Trading Schemes, Pyramid Selling
Trading Standards - Role of in the UK
U
Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (use of exclusion clauses)
Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulation 1999
