Introductory Text
Prohibition of false trade descriptions
1.Prohibition of false trade descriptions
2.Trade description
3.False trade description
4.Applying a trade description to goods
5.Trade descriptions used in advertisements
6.Offer to supply
Power to define terms and to require display, etc. of information
7.Definition orders
8.Marking orders
9.Information, etc. to be given in advertisements
10.Provisions supplementary to sections 8 and 9
Misstatements other than false trade descriptions
11.False or misleading indications as to price of goods
12.False representations as to royal approval or award, etc.
13.False representations as to supply of goods or services
14.False or misleading statements as to services, etc.
15.Orders defining terms for purposes of section 14
Prohibition of importation of certain goods
16.Prohibition of importation of goods bearing false indication of origin
17.Restriction on importation of goods bearing infringing trade marks
Provisions as to offences
18.Penalty for offences
19.Time limit for prosecutions
20.Offences by corporations
21.Accessories to offences committed abroad
22.Restrictions on institution of proceedings and admission of evidence
23.Offences due to fault of other person
Defences
24.Defence of mistake, accident, etc.
25.Innocent publication of advertisement
Enforcement
26.Enforcing authorities
27.Power to make test purchases
28.Power to enter premises and inspect and seize goods and documents
29.Obstruction of authorised officers
30.Notice of test and intended prosecution
31.Evidence by certificate
Miscellaneous and supplemental
32.Power to exempt goods sold for export, etc.
33.Compensation for loss, etc., of goods seized under s. 28
34.Trade marks containing trade descriptions
35.Saving for civil rights
36.Country of origin
37.Market research experiments
38.Orders
39.Interpretation
40.Provisions as to Northern Ireland
41.Consequential amendments and repeals
42.Continuation, for three years, of Orders in Council requiring indication of origin
43.Short title and commencement
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Consequential Amendments
1.In section 1 of the Anglo-Portuguese Commercial Treaty Act 1914...
2.In section 1(1) of the Anglo-Portuguese Commercial Treaty Act 1916...
3.In section 4(2) of the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking)...
4.(1) In section 47(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1962...
SCHEDULE 2
Repeals