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Fair Trading Act 1986

Miscellaneous provisions

50: Saving of other laws

You could also call this:

“This law works alongside other laws and doesn't replace them”

This law says that the Fair Trading Act doesn’t stop other laws from working. It also doesn’t protect you from getting in trouble under other laws or rules.

There’s one exception to this. Part 4A of the Fair Trading Act can change how some parts of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 work.

You should remember that even if you follow the Fair Trading Act, you still need to follow all other laws too.

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Part 6 Miscellaneous provisions

50Saving of other laws

  1. Nothing in this Act limits or affects the operation of any other Act.

  2. Nothing in this Act limits or affects any liability that any person may incur under any rule of law or enactment other than this Act.

  3. However, subsection (1) does not apply in relation to any provision in Part 4A that limits or affects the operation of subpart 3 of Part 2 or Part 3 of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017.

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Notes
  • Section 50(3): inserted, on , by section 40 of the Fair Trading Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 143).
  • Section 50(3): amended, on , by section 347 of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 (2017 No 5).