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1. This Order may be cited as the Consumer Protection (Code of Practice for Traders on Price Indications) Approval Order 2005 and shall come into force on 21st October 2005.
2. The Consumer Protection (Code of Practice for Traders on Price Indications) Approval Order 1988(1) is hereby revoked.
3. The Secretary of State hereby approves the Code of Practice which is set out in the Schedule to this Order issued by him for the purposes of—
(a)giving practical guidance with respect to the requirements of section 20 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987; and
(b)promoting what appear to the Secretary of State to be desirable practices as to the circumstances and manner in which a person gives an indication as to the price at which goods, services, accommodation or facilities are available or indicates any other matter in respect of which any such indication may be misleading.
Gerry Sutcliffe
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs,
Department of Trade and Industry
11th September 2005
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