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Consumer Guarantees Act 1993

1: Short Title and commencement

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“This law's name and when it started working”

This law is called the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993. You can use this name when you want to talk about it.

The law started working on 1 April 1994. This means that from that day, people had to follow the rules in this law.

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Topics:
Money and consumer rights > Consumer protection
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1A: Purpose, or

“This law explains how to make buying and selling fair for everyone”

1Short Title and commencement

  1. This Act may be cited as the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993.

  2. This Act shall come into force on 1 April 1994.