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  • Competition Act 2021 – Secondary legislation

    The Competition Act 2021 (‘the Act’) was passed by Tynwald and given Royal Assent in 2021 . It will be brought into force by an appointed day order together with the necessary secondary legislation making provision for: the procedure for investigations into suspected anti-competitive practices or markets that appear to be malfunctioning the methodology to be applied in fixing penalties and restitution following such investigations ... More
    Closed 26 January 2024
  • OFT customer survey

    This survey focuses on the quality of customer service you have received from our staff. Questions do not ask specifically about decisions made through our processes with which you may disagree. We would however be happy to hear about your thoughts on those matters using the free text box at the end of the survey. If you have any questions about this survey please call us on +44 1624 686500 or email iomfairtrading@gov.im Our survey is anonymous. For more information on... More
    Closed 17 October 2022
  • Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2019

    The Isle of Man Office of Fair Trading ('OFT') is a Statutory Board of the Isle of Man Government. One of the purposes of the OFT is to enforce consumer protection legislation, which provides consumers with certain rights when purchasing goods and services. More
    Closed 15 September 2019
  • Competition Bill 2018

    Competition law in the IOM is governed by the 1996 Fair Trading Act (FTA). There have been major developments in international competition law and the OFT has decided it would be beneficial to modernise IOM competition legislation, to better reflect international standards. In light of the UK leaving the EU it is now even more important than ever to ensure the IOM ability to deal with anti-competitive practices and abuse by institutions of their market power is at the same standard as that... More
    Closed 15 June 2018
  • Changes to Estate Agents and Property Agents Legislation

    For most people, buying and selling property is the most significant transaction which they will undertake and the estate agent generally plays a major role in brokering that transaction. The current legislation relating to estate agents is the Estate Agents Act 1975 which (inter alia) provided for the registration of estate agents with the former Local Government Board and from 1987 the Department of Local Government and the Environment (DoLGE). In an endeavour to bring the 1975 Act up to... More
    Closed 21 April 2017
  • Proposals for changes to the Legal Quantities for sales of Intoxicating Liquor

    The Isle of Man Office of Fair Trading is asking for people’s view in regard to its proposal to introduce changes to the legal quantities for sales of intoxicating liquor. More
    Closed 31 March 2017
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