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Fair Trading Act

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1973Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1973

Edward Heath1973

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Fair Trading Act 1973 creates the Office of Fair Trading and reforms consumer protection and competition policy

Geoffrey Howe1973

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Helps carry through legislation establishing a new framework for fair trading, competition policy and consumer protection.

Names involved

Edward HeathGeoffrey Howe

Provenance

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