Promoting a fair marketplace

The Consumer Protection Act was signed on April 24 2009. It aims to:

• Promote a fair, accessible and sustainable marketplace for consumer products and services;
• Establish national norms and standards to ensure consumer protection;
• Make provision for improved standards of consumer information, to prohibit certain unfair marketing and business practices;
• Promote responsible consumer behaviour;
• Promote a consistent legislative and enforcement framework, related to consumer transactions and agreement.

The Act also aims to make markets work better for consumers by ensuring that consumers:

• Are able to make well informed buying decisions;
• Are able to access a wide range of products and services based on honest and fair marketing.