The Service aims to protect traders and consumers from errors or frauds concerned with quality, description or price of goods, services or facilities and to detect and rectify unfair advertising practices.

Our objective is to maintain a climate of fair competition in trade and also protect consumers from fraud and dishonesty. We are also concerned to ensure the council itself receives good value for money in its own purchasing. Officers carry out inspection visits and investigations in pursuance of their goal.

Principal Statutes

· Consumer Protection Act 1987 
· Estate Agents Act 1979
· Fair Trading Act 1973
· Hallmarking Act 1973
· Package Travel Regulations 1992
· Prices Act 1974
· Trade Descriptions Act 1968
· Trade Marks Act 1994
· Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 –1975
· Video Recordings Act 1984