Title page
Contents
Summary 5
1. Progress of the Bill through Parliament 7
1.1. Second reading 7
Subscription traps and fake reviews 7
Charity lotteries 8
Drip pricing and greenwashing 8
Secondary ticketing 9
Consumers' redress rights 10
1.2. Public Bill Committee 10
2. Part 3 of the Bill: enforcement of consumer protection law 12
2.1. Overview 12
2.2. Court-based enforcement regime 12
Government amendment 59: commercial practices 13
Public and private designated enforcers 14
Applications for court orders 15
CMA co-ordination function 16
Appropriate court and procedure 16
2.3. CMA direct enforcement regime 18
Power of CMA to issue infringement notices 19
Power of CMA to issue online interface notices 19
Government amendment 60: undertakings & enhanced consu mermeasures 20
Government amendment 61: rights to appeal 20
Government amendments 62, 63, 64 and 65: consequential amendments 21
Opposition new clause 11: CMA reporting requirement 21
3. Part 4 of the Bill: consumer rights and disputes 23
3.1. Overview 23
3.2. Chapter 1: Protection from unfair trading 23
Government amendment 71: commercial practices 24
Opposition amendment 124: takedown requirement 25
SNP amendments 68 & 69: green washing 27
Opposition amendment 115: drip pricing 28
Opposition amendment 116: fake online reviews 29
Opposition amendments 127 & 126: "invitation to purchase" 31
SNP amendment 67: consumers' rights to redress 32
Government amendments 72 & 73: defence of due diligence 34
Government amendments 74-77: liability of trader 34
Opposition amendment 129: criminal & civil breaches 35
Government amendment 78: consequential amendment 35
Opposition new clauses 8, 9 & 10: secondary ticketing 35
3.3. Chapter 2: subscription contracts 38
Overview 38
SNP amendment 117: lottery tickets 39
Opposition amendment 136: commencement 40
Opposition new clauses 5 & 6: contract renewal 41
Conservative amendment 113: cooling-off periods 43
Opposition amendment 128: offences 43
Government amendment 79: information & notices 44
Government amendments 80, 81 & 82: definitions 44
3.4. Chapter 3: consumer savings schemes 44
Opposition new cause 7: oversight regulation 45
3.5. Chapter 4: ADR for consumer contract disputes 46
Government amendments 83, 84-89 & 90-91: ADR procedure & fees 47
Government amendments 92-96 & 108-111: exempt ADR providers 48
Government amendments 97-100: conditions on ADR providers 49
Government amendment 101: fees payable by ADR providers 49
Clause 292 & Schedule 23: expertise of ADR provider 49
Government amendments 102-105 & 106: information 50
Government amendments 107 & 112: drafting amendments 51
4. Part 5: provision of investigative assistance 52
Annex: Public Bill Committee 54