Trade Descriptions Act 1968
Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (1968 c. 29)
- Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (1968 c. 29)
- Prohibition of false trade descriptions
- 1 Prohibition of false trade descriptions.
- 2 Trade description.
- 3 False trade description.
- 4 Applying a trade description to goods.
- 5 Trade descriptions used in advertisements.
- 6 Offer to supply.
- Power to define terms and to require display, etc. of information
- 7 Definition orders.
- 8 Marking orders.
- 9 Information etc. to be given in advertisements.
- 10 Provisions supplementary to sections 8 and 9.
- Misstatements other than false trade descriptions
- 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 12 False representations as to royal approval or award, etc.
- 13 False representations as to supply of goods or services.
- 14 False or misleading statements as to services etc.
- 15 Orders defining terms for purposes of section 14.
- Prohibition of importation of certain goods
- 16 Prohibition of importation of goods bearing false indication of origin.
- 17 Restriction on importation of goods bearing infringing trade marks.
- Provisions as to offences
- 18 Penalty for offences.
- 19 Time limit for prosecutions.
- 20 Offences by corporations.
- 21 Accessories to offences committed abroad.
- 22 Restrictions on institution of proceedings and admission of evidence.
- 23 Offences due to fault of other person.
- Defences
- 24 Defence of mistake, accident, etc.
- 25 Innocent publication of advertisement.
- Enforcement
- 26 Enforcing authorities.
- 27 Power to make test purchases.
- 28 Power to enter premises and inspect and seize goods and documents.
- 29 Obstruction of authorised officers.
- 30 Notice of test and intended prosecution.
- 31 Evidence by certificate.
- Miscellaneous and supplemental.
- 32 Power to exempt goods sold for export, etc.
- 33 Compensation for loss, etc. of goods seized under s. 28.
- 34 Trade marks containing trade descriptions.
- 35 Saving for civil rights.
- 36 Country of origin.
- 37 Market research experiments.
- 38 Orders.
- 39 Interpretation.
- 40 Provisions as to Northern Ireland.
- 41 Consequential amendments and repeals.
- 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 43 Short title and commencement.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
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