Unfair practices : the Fair Trading Act

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Replaced by: Unfair practices : The Consumer Protection Act [2016]

Description

The Fair Trading Act protects consumers from unfair business practices before, during or after a consumer transaction. The legislation applies if: the consumer or supplier lives in Alberta; the offer or acceptance is made in or sent from Alberta; the unfair practice is made or received in Alberta and involves a supplier’s representative. An unfair practice may occur even if a consumer transaction was not entered into or concluded.

Updated

January 1, 2016

Resources

Unfair practices : The Fair Trading Act [January 2016]

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Unfair practices : The Fair Trading Act [July 2014]

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Unfair practices : The Fair Trading Act [April 2010]

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Title and publication information

Type

Fact Sheet

Frequency

Irregular

Publisher / Creator Information

Creator

Service Alberta

Publisher

Service Alberta

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Topic

Business and Industry

Resource Dates

Date Created

2010-04-01

Date Added

2016-07-12T15:38:36.936782

Date Modified

2016-01-01

Date Issued

2010-04-01

Date Archived

2018-07-23

Audience information

Consumers General Public

Language

English (Canadian)

Identifiers

Usage / Licence

Licence

Open Government Licence - Alberta

Contact

Contact Name

Consumer Contact Centre

Contact Other

Phone: 1-877-427-4088

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