Post by kickingfrog on Jun 14, 2015 16:56:57 GMT
What Do Trading Standards Do?
The Trading Standards Institute works very closely with both the Citizens Advice consumer service and the Office of Fair Trading to regulate in order to create a fair and improved trading environment for customers, traders and the general public at large. The institute has powers in providing support to both the trading and consumer community with an emphasis on preventative measures. Trading standards work to regulate business and trade in order to create a fair and improved trading environment for customers.
Specific duties of Trading Standards are listed below.
They have the power to enforce legislations relating to the supply of goods and services
Take action against traders that break the law, when necessary
Advising and educating traders that may not even be aware that they are breaking the law
Offering advice and help to consumers
Taking informal action on less serious cases in the form of giving advice, guidance and educating traders who have broken the law and making sure they do not do it again
Taking formal action on the more serious cases in the form of prosecuting in criminal court, issuing cautions, applying for injunctions, issuing statutory notices, entering premises and seizing goods and/or documents
They have the power to assist the consumer to take the trader to court in a case of the trader violated the law with substantial evidence
Carrying out routine inspections
Checking price displays in retail premises and ensuring that they are accurate
- See more at: uktradingstandards.co.uk/what-do-trading-standards-do/#sthash.jdXvBKiy.dpuf
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How Can Trading Standards Help?
The Trading Standards Institute protects consumers by ensuring that the consumers know and understand their rights as consumers.
They help the consumer in making sure that the products from the trader are of satisfactory quality and that the product lasts for the time you would expect it to and is free of any defects and that the products are fit for purpose and fit for the use described and also that the product matches the description on packaging or what the consumer was told by the trader.
They carry out routine inspections on premises or stores and ask about relevant products or paperwork.
They provide consumers with advice on the procedures of making complaints. They provide consumers with advice on the line of action they can take when they call a trading standard’s helpline
The Trading Standards Institute works very closely with both the Citizens Advice consumer service and the Office of Fair Trading to regulate in order to create a fair and improved trading environment for customers, traders and the general public at large. The institute has powers in providing support to both the trading and consumer community with an emphasis on preventative measures. Trading standards work to regulate business and trade in order to create a fair and improved trading environment for customers.
Specific duties of Trading Standards are listed below.
They have the power to enforce legislations relating to the supply of goods and services
Take action against traders that break the law, when necessary
Advising and educating traders that may not even be aware that they are breaking the law
Offering advice and help to consumers
Taking informal action on less serious cases in the form of giving advice, guidance and educating traders who have broken the law and making sure they do not do it again
Taking formal action on the more serious cases in the form of prosecuting in criminal court, issuing cautions, applying for injunctions, issuing statutory notices, entering premises and seizing goods and/or documents
They have the power to assist the consumer to take the trader to court in a case of the trader violated the law with substantial evidence
Carrying out routine inspections
Checking price displays in retail premises and ensuring that they are accurate
- See more at: uktradingstandards.co.uk/what-do-trading-standards-do/#sthash.jdXvBKiy.dpuf
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How Can Trading Standards Help?
The Trading Standards Institute protects consumers by ensuring that the consumers know and understand their rights as consumers.
They help the consumer in making sure that the products from the trader are of satisfactory quality and that the product lasts for the time you would expect it to and is free of any defects and that the products are fit for purpose and fit for the use described and also that the product matches the description on packaging or what the consumer was told by the trader.
They carry out routine inspections on premises or stores and ask about relevant products or paperwork.
They provide consumers with advice on the procedures of making complaints. They provide consumers with advice on the line of action they can take when they call a trading standard’s helpline