Enforcement of consumer protection laws under the Consumer Rights Act 2015


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Practice notes

Enforcement of consumer protection laws under the Consumer Rights Act 2015


Produced in partnership with Helen Simm of Browne Jacobson

Practice notes
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Part 3, Schedule 5 Part 1–Schedule 5 Part 6 and Schedule 6 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA 2015) contains a consolidated generic set of investigatory powers to be applied across a catalogue of consumer protection legislation. The powers outlined below represent a consolidation, refinement and amendment of those derived from the fractured legislative framework which previously governed consumer law.

Enforcers with access to the generic set of investigatory powers under CRA 2015

A number of different regulatory bodies and enforcers are responsible for enforcing consumer law in the UK. The type of enforcer under CRA 2015 is determined by which legislation/offences are being enforced and what powers are available to enforcers depends on what type of enforcer they are. Under CRA 2015, there are four types of enforcer:

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    domestic enforcers who have responsibility to enforce consumer law in the UK. In relation to England and Wales, this includes Trading Standards, the Secretary of State (the Secretary of State may by regulations delegate to another person any of their

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The action of compelling a party to comply with a judgment where it has not been complied with voluntarily and the time ordered for compliance has expired.

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