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Primary laws enforced:
Consumer Affairs Act (Cap. 378 - Laws of Malta)
Establishes the Director of Consumer Affairs (executive); Consumer Affairs Council (advisory) and the Consumer Claims Tribunal.
Covers the following areas:
unfair terms in consumer contracts;
misleading and comparative advertising and offering of gifts and prizes;
pyramid and home working schemes;
liability of defective products;
sale of goods to consumers.
Provides the Director with powers to issue compliance orders.
Trade Descriptions Act (Cap. 313)
Makes it a criminal offence to make;
false/misleading price indications;
false trade descriptions as to goods;
false statements as to services, accommodation and facilities.
Doorstep Contracts Act (Cap. 317)
Regulates the activities of door-to-door-sellers through licensing of individual sellers.
Provides for a 15 day period of cancellation for doorstep contracts.
Product Safety Act (Cap. 427)
To ensure that only products that do not pose any risk to the health or safety of consumers are placed on the market.
Subsidiary legislation covering various classes of goods, some requiring the goods to be ‘CE’ marked.
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