| Guvnor

Enforced by: Trading Standards
Status: In Force

What it defines

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

43 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Prohibition of false trade descriptions.

s.002 Trade description.

s.003 False trade description.

s.004 Applying a trade description to goods.

s.005 Trade descriptions used in advertisements.

s.006 Offer to supply.

s.007 Definition orders.

s.008 Marking orders.

s.009 Information etc. to be given in advertisements.

s.010 Provisions supplementary to sections 8 and 9.

s.011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.012 False representations as to royal approval or award, etc.

s.013 False representations as to supply of goods or services.

s.014 False or misleading statements as to services etc.

s.015 Orders defining terms for purposes of section 14.

s.016 Prohibition of importation of goods bearing false indication of origin.

s.017 Restriction on importation of goods bearing infringing trade marks.

s.018 Penalty for offences.

s.019 Time limit for prosecutions.

s.020 Offences by corporations.

s.021 Accessories to offences committed abroad.

s.022 Restrictions on institution of proceedings and admission of evidence.

s.023 Offences due to fault of other person.

s.024 Defence of mistake, accident, etc.

s.025 Innocent publication of advertisement.

s.026 Enforcing authorities.

s.027 Power to make test purchases.

s.028 Power to enter premises and inspect and seize goods and documents.

s.029 Obstruction of authorised officers.

s.030 Notice of test and intended prosecution.

s.031 Evidence by certificate.

s.032 Power to exempt goods sold for export, etc.

s.033 Compensation for loss, etc. of goods seized under s. 28.

s.034 Trade marks containing trade descriptions.

s.035 Saving for civil rights.

s.036 Country of origin.

s.037 Market research experiments.

s.038 Orders.

s.039 Interpretation.

s.040 Provisions as to Northern Ireland.

s.041 Consequential amendments and repeals.

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s.043 Short title and commencement.

Schedules

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4 other schedules

s.sch001 In section 1 of the Anglo-Portuguese Commercial Treaty Act 1914...

s.sch001 In section 1(1) of the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty Act 1916 for...

s.sch001 In section 4(2) of the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking)...

s.sch001 . . . . . . . . . ....

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.

Trade Descriptions Act 1968

What it defines

Schedules