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DMA Overview - New competition legislation will reform and strengthen UK competition law by introducing prohibitions of anti-competitive agreements and abuses of a dominant position.

The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) came into force on 26 May 2008. The CPRs implement into UK law the European Union’s Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and should provide a comprehensive framework to tackle rogue traders in all 26 member states. The regulations apply to all business sectors with some specific references to direct marketing.

The Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations (BPRs) came into force on 26 May 2008. These new regulations will replace the Control of Misleading Advertisements Regulations 1988 as amended and large parts of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 as amended, and will govern misleading and comparative advertising between businesses.

OFT guidance for businesses on the Home Shopping (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000.

DMA Summary - Sales and Supply of Goods to Consumer Regulations 2002.

Link to The Sale and Supply of Goods to Consumers Regulations 2002.

DTI guide for businesses to the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000

Link to Data Protection Act 1998, Chapter 29.

Introduction 08-00

Safe Harbor Principles - DMA Summary 11-00

Link to Representation of the people Act 2000, Chapter 2.

Data Protection Act - DMA Summary

Link to Regulations of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, Chapter 23.

DMA Summary - Disability Discrimination Act 1995

Link to Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Chapter 50.

Regulations implementing the Corporate Telephone Preference Service

The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003

Link to the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002.

DTI guide for businesses to the Electronic Commerce Regulations

Complying with the E-Commerce Regulations 2002 - DTI Guidance

The European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) has handed down judgement in three cases referred to it by the English courts. The ECJ was asked to rule on the legality of rolled-up holiday pay in the cases of Caulfield v Marshalls Clay Products Ltd, Clarke v Frank Staddon Ltd and Robinson-Steele v RD Retail Services Ltd.

On 6 April 2006 the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 came into force. Under the new Regulations, TUPE will apply to changes in contractors, as well as situations where services are outsourced and insourced.

The Information Commissioner has released the Employment Code of Practice. This document is the DMA's summary of the Employment Code of Practice.

The Information Commissioner's office has published the final section of its four-part Employment Practices Data Protection Code - Information About Workers' Health.

A summary of National Minimum Wage - fair piece rates came into force on 1 October 2004

Increase in compensation limits awarded by Employment Tribunal

Code of Practice on Monitoring at Work

A summary of the rights of fixed-term employees

Right to adoption leave if adopting a child under 18 years

Parents right to paternity leave both birth of a child and adoption of a child

Rights during and after maternity leave

Consultation Proposal

The FSA has set out the standards it expects regulated financial services firms to meet when writing contracts for retail consumers for their products and services. The FSA has produced the statement as it is now an enforcement authority under the Unfair Contract Terms Regulations.

DMA guidance for those putting together a financial services promotion and designed to highlight various points and issues to be included or taken into account.

The DMA has prepared a summary of the FSA Insurance Conduct of Business Rules which apply from the 14 January 2005 to all firms promoting/selling insurance products.

Link to the Consumer Credit (Early Settlement) Regulations.

Link to the Consumer Credit (Disclosure of Information) Regulations

Link to the Consumer Credit (Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations

BERR guidance to the Consumer Credit (Advertisements) Regulations 2004, including assumptions for the calculation of the APR

Link to the Consumer Credit (Advertisements) Regulations

Link to the Financial Services (Distance Marketing) Regulations

Link to Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

Link to the Medicines (Advertising) Amendment Regualtions.

Link to the Price Marking Order

DMA Summary of the implementation of the Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC)

LInk to the Control of Misleading Advertisements (Amendment) Regulations

Link to the Control of Misleading Advertisements Regulations 1988.

Link to the Gambling Act 2005.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport explanatory notes to the Gambling Act 2005.

DMA summary of the Telecommunications (Data Protection) Regulations 1999

Link to Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications) Regulations 2000

DMA summary of the Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) Regulations

DMA summary of the Telecommunications (Data Protection and Privacy) Regulations 1999

DMA summary of the Telecommunications Regulations