Trade Descriptions Act


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Trade Descriptions Act

n (Brit) → legge f a tutela del consumatore
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'The owner of the premises will be investigated for offences under Section 5 (1) of the Trade Descriptions Act 2011,' he said.
In the news this month, Richard Nixon was elected American President, and the Trade Descriptions Act came into force in the UK.
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER GIVEN the calibre of some of the "stars" in this year's CBB, surely the show is in danger of breaching the Trade Descriptions Act? SMALL WEDDINGS A REPORT by the National Marriage Project claims big, formal weddings are linked to marital happiness.
Without demeaning that buzz, though, you can't help but look at Saturday's card and feel like the "big" kick-off could be done under the trade descriptions act.
Surely there's been some breach of the Trade Descriptions Act, as it's the equivalent of calling battery farms 'council housing for chickens'.
In 2005, Sharma was fined almost pounds 4,000 for a string of offences under the Trade Descriptions Act. And Birmingham City Council Trading Standards officers won an order forcing him to return customers' YVs in working order and repair them at a reasonable rate.
CALLING Vince Vaughn's new film either a comedy or a drama might constitute an offence under the Trade Descriptions Act.
They could sue us under the Trade descriptions Act."
Laurence Johnston, of Archive Antiques on Donegall Pass in Belfast, pleaded guilty to two offences under the Trade Descriptions Act.
In an outburst which surely contravenes the Trade Descriptions Act, Zika said: "In terms of scoring, Bednar, above, has joined players like Ronaldo, Lampard or Gerrard, who have scored only a few more goals than him."
Halls, managing director of Seaton's Estate Agency - which has branches in Woodbridge, Suffolk and Ipswich, Suffolk - admitted five breaches of the Trade Descriptions Act, said Suffolk County Council's trading standards department.