Fiddlers on the hoof
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The UK government has implemented the Competition Act 1998. This will make illegal any business practices, agreements and behaviour that have a negative impact on competition. The legislation also takes a tough stance against companies that abuse their dominant position to impose unfair prices on their customers or unfair trading terms on their suppliers. The Office of Fair Trading will be responsible for monitoring any violations of this legislation. Any company found to be contravening the legislation can be fined up to 10% of annual turnover for every year of infringement up to three years.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 2000
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Dealing with rejection
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The new conditions in the revised Sale and Supply of Goods Act issued in the UK in 1994 give the purchaser more rights but also open up an unexpected trap. The revisions to the Act allow the purchaser to partially reject faulty goods as well as wholly reject them. It is not permissable, though, to keep the goods which do not conform and reject those which do. This happened in a case concerning the supply of doors and frames. The frames were fitted but the doors were rejected when they did not fit. When it was proved that it was the frames that were defective the joinery firm won the case.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1996
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party time for surveyors: the Party Wall Act has recently been extended to the whole country, which will mean more lucrative work for surveyors and lawyers - and a whole lot of trouble for builders
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The Party Wall Act 1996 will soon come into force throughout the UK, after being confined to London, where it has been in force since 1939. It will mean that home owners, builders, commercial property owners and local authorities will be seeking to appoint party-wall surveyors. The Party Wall Act means that an adjoining owner has no rights to prevent work being done on a party wall. Surveyors will act as representatives to determine whether a wall is a party wall and what work can be undertaken under the act. The surveyor will also have to determine what work must be made good.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1997
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