Consultation outcome

CMA’s consumer powers: updated guidance

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 26 May 2016
• Last updated: 17 August 2016 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

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Summary of responses

PDF, 316 KB, 13 pages

Detail of outcome

The CMA has published updated guidance on its consumer powers.

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Original consultation

Summary

The CMA consulted on updated draft guidance on its consumer powers.

This consultation ran from
4:30pm on 26 May 2016 to 11:59pm on 20 July 2016

Consultation description

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is inviting views on its updated draft guidance on its consumer powers.

The guidance:

• sets out how the CMA uses its consumer powers to address market wide consumer problems
• explains how it enforces consumer protection law and its investigatory enforcement powers

The CMA is interested to hear views on the clarity and detail of the draft guidance and whether it is helpful to have a single set of guidance which consolidates previous guidance.

The draft guidance is intended to update and replace the following:

• The Office of Fair Trading’s enforcement of consumer protection legislation guidance (adopted by the CMA)

• Guidance on the CMA’s approach to use of its consumer powers: CMA7

Documents

Consultation document: draft guidance on the CMA's consumer powers

Ref: CMA7(Revised)con

PDF, 284 KB, 8 pages

Draft guidance on the CMA's consumer powers

Ref: CMA7(Revised)con

PDF, 701 KB, 49 pages

Published 26 May 2016
Last updated 17 August 2016 + show all updates

1. 17 August 2016

   Summary of responses published.

2. 26 May 2016

   First published.