Bill 230 — Fourth Session, 18Th Legislature, 27 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alduif.'" Bill 230 An Act To Amend the Unfair Trade Practices Act (Legislature 18, Session 4)

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1978 BILL 230 Fourth Session, 18th Legislature, 27 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALDUIf.'" BILL 230

AN ACT TO AMEND THE UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES ACT MR. TAYLOR First Reading Second Reading _______________________________________ _ Committee of the Whole ________________________________ _ Third Reading ________________________________________ _ Royal Assent _________________________________________ _ Printed by the Queen's Printer tor the Province ot Alberta, EDMONTON

Bill 230 Mr. Taylor BILL 230 1978

AN ACT TO AMEND THE UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES ACT ( Assented -to , 1978) HER MAJESTY, by :and with the 'advice and consent of the Legis'lative Assembly 'Of Alberta, enacts as f'OHows: 1. The Unfair Trade Practices Act is amended by this Act.

Section 1 is amended by adding the following after clause (d): (d.i) "diluting" means decreasing the concentration of the active. part 'Of a product where such product is sold dissolved,contained in or' mixed with a solvent, carrier, diluent 'Or other inactive substance, or chang ing the structure, size, ,strength, capacity 'Orcomposi tion of a pr'Oduct thereby reducing its activity or effectiveness for the purpose for which it is offered. 3.

Section 4(1) (

d) is amended by adding the following after subclause (xxi),' (xxii) diluting a pr'Oduct and selling or renting it without changing the name under which it had been sold or rented before dilution, and, f'Or the purposes of this section, changing a brand number on a con tainer or adding the words, "new", "improved" or similar words to a previous name 'Or designation shall not constitute a change in the name of the product or its designati'On; (xxiii) seHing or renting separately the components 'Of a unit 'Or set, which previ'Ously have been sold or rented either in aoombined form or as separate articles sold or rented together in a unit or set, if such sale or rental results in the aggregate price 'Of the c'Omponents sold separately exceeding the

Explanatory Notes General. The sections in this Bill make it an offence for a manufacturer (

a) to dilute or reduce the quality of a named product and sell it under the original name, (

b) to sell or rent the components of a unit separately at a com bined price· exceeding the price at which the unit components were previously sold as a set, and (

c) to sell or rent two or more services separately that previously were sold or rented together at a single price, at two separate prices which when added together exceed the original price for the combined services. I. This Bill will amend

chapter 33 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1975. 2. The word "diluting" is added to the list of

definitions. 3.

Section 4(1)(

d) presently reads: "4.

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the following are unfair acts or practices: (

d) any representation or conduct that has the effect, or might reasonably have the effect, of deceiving or misleading a consumer or potential con sumer and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes any representation or conduct of the following kinds:"

price formerly charged for the unit or set, regard less of whether or not the 'components were physi cally joined to form the unit or set at the time of manufacture, unless the unit or set is at the same time offered fDr sale at the pTewous pdce; (xxiv) selling or renting two or more services, previously sold Dr rented together at a single price, at two separate prices which, when added together, ex,ceed the p:vice originally charged when the services were combined. 4. This Act comes into force upon the day on which it is assented to. 2 Title: 1978 (18th, 4th) Bill 230,

An Act to Amend the Unfair Trade Practices Act

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