Government of Wales Act 2006

[F1 Section C6 U.K. C6 Consumer protection

Textual Amendments

F1 Schs. 7A, 7B substituted for Sch. 7 (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(3), Sch. 1 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 2, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 2

72 U.K. Regulation of—

(a) the sale and supply of goods and services to consumers,

(b) guarantees in relation to such goods and services,

(c) hire-purchase, including the subject-matter of Part 3 of the Hire-Purchase Act 1964 (title to motor vehicles on hire-purchase or conditional sale),

(d) trade descriptions,

(e) advertising and price indications,

(f) auctions and mock auctions of goods and services, and

(g) hallmarking and gun barrel proofing.

73 U.K. Safety of, and liability for, services supplied to consumers.

74 U.K. The regulation of—

(a) estate agents,

(b) timeshares, and

(c) [F2 linked travel arrangements within the meaning of the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/634)] and package holidays.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 7A para. 74(c) substituted (1.7.2018) by The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/634), regs. 1(3), 38(4) (with regs. 3, 38(15))

75 U.K. The regulation of—

(a) unsolicited goods and services, and

(b) trading schemes.

76 U.K. The subject-matter of Part 8 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (enforcement of certain consumer legislation).

Exceptions

• Food, food products and food contact materials.

• Agricultural and horticultural produce, animals and animal products, seeds, animal feeding stuffs, fertilisers and pesticides (including anything treated as if it were a pesticide by virtue of an enactment).

Interpretation

• “"Food”” has the same meaning as in Section C5.

• “"Food contact materials”” means materials and articles to which Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC applies.

• “"Food products”” means residues, contaminants and anything used in the process of producing food which does not remain in the food.]