The Consumer Affairs Bill 2011 provides for the promotion and protection of consumer interests in relation to the supply of goods and services and renames the Competition Commission as the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission which shall administer both the competition and Fair Trading Act 2006 and the Consumer Affairs Act when it becomes law.
This Bill is based on an earlier version of a Consumer Protection Act 2006 which was not brought into force. This draft Bill goes well beyond the scope of the2006 Act.
Part I (Preliminary) sets out the short title, defines expressions used in the Bill and provides that the Bill subject to certain conditions may