The South African Consumer Protection Act
“The Consumer Protection Act will fundamentally change the way business is done in South Africa. It requires businesses to transform the way in which they interact with consumers and to ensure that all their dealings with consumers are fair, reasonable and honest. ”
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The Act regulates the activities of suppliers and creates rights for consumers. It applies to virtually every entity supplying goods and services in South Africa and the transactions it enters into with consumers.Definition of a Supplier:A person or an entity who markets Goods and Services, irrespective of whether the supplier:
- Resides or has its principal office within or outside the Republic
- Operates on a for-profit basis or otherwise
- Is an individual, company, close corporation, partnership, trust, organ of state, an entity owned or directed by an organ of state, a person contracted or licensed by an organ of state … or is a public-private partnership
- Is required or licensed in terms of any public regulation to make the supply of the particular goods or services available.
Definition of a Consumer:
- A person to whom particular goods or services are marketed in the ordinary course of the supplier’s business
- A person who has entered into a transaction with a supplier in the ordinary course of the supplier’s business
- A user of those particular goods or recipient or beneficiary of those particular services, irrespective whether that user, recipient or beneficiary was a party to a transaction …
- A franchisee in terms of a franchise agreement
The act itself is worthwhile reading, click hereto download The Consumer Protection Act ♥ |
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