June 2004
Telecom Mobile's telemarketing practices found in breach of Door to Door Sales Act
24 June 2004
Following a High Court judgment, the Commerce Commission is highlighting to telemarketers that the Door to Door Sales Act applies to their sales practices and that any failure to comply with that Act may amount to a breach of the Fair Trading Act.
Relates to: Fair Trading
ABC Motor Group convicted for second time under Fair Trading Act: fined $31,000
18 June 2004
ABC Motor Group Limited has been convicted of breaching the Fair Trading Act for the second time in three years over failure to adequately disclose important conditions in advertising.
Relates to: Fair Trading
Waveshield pleads guilty to breaching Fair Trading Act
9 June 2004
A rehearing of a Commerce Commission case against Waveshield (New Zealand) Limited and its director Miles Dixon for falsely claiming that the 'Wave Shield' mobile phone radiation protection device blocked up to 97 percent of electromagnetic radiation from the inner ear and had been 'tested' and 'proven' has resulted in a $4,000 fine.
Relates to: Fair Trading
False claims about trade membership will breach Fair Trading Act
8 June 2004
The Commerce Commission is reminding traders that falsely claiming membership or approval of a trade organisation is a breach of the Fair Trading Act.
Relates to: Fair Trading
Co-operation between Commerce Commission and Police results in three arrests
4 June 2004
Three men have been arrested by Dunedin Police and charged under the Crimes Act in relation to a Commerce Commission investigation into an international operation involving the sale of speakers from the back of vans that hit New Zealand shores earlier this year.
Relates to: Fair Trading
