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| Consumer Rights Bill, As Amended |
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| To move the following Schedule:— |
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| | Information for consumers |
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| | 1 | The Secretary of State shall report to Parliament within six months of Royal |
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| | Assent of this Act setting out how consumers will have access to the |
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| | information they require in order to make informed assessments of prices, |
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| | 2 | A report under paragraph 1 shall include details of how the Government |
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| | (a) | make regulations to require all regulated persons to provide customer |
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| | data relating to transactions between the regulated person and the |
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| | customer, as set out in section 89 (Supply of customer data) of the |
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| | Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013; |
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| | (b) | enable third parties to make requests for customer data under section |
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| | 89(1)(b) of that Act; and |
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| | (c) | ensure customer data is provided in a form which enables the customer |
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| | or third party to assess whether the price they are paying for a service |
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| | is reasonable, which should have regard to section 89(7) of the |
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| | Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013. |
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| | Designation of regulated persons and regulatory bodies |
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| | 3 | A report under paragraph 1 shall— |
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| | (a) | review which traders, including the activities of any government, or |
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| | local or public authority, as defined by section 2 of this Act, shall be |
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| | considered a regulated person under section 89(2) of the Enterprise |
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| | and Regulatory Reform Act 2013; and |
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| | (b) | identify a relevant regulatory body to undertake the duties set out in |
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| | paragraph 4 of this Schedule. |
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| | Guidance for regulated persons |
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| | 4 | A report under paragraph 1 shall include details of how the Government |
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| | intends to require regulators of services which are provided by regulated |
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| | persons, as defined in section 89(2) of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform |
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| | Act 2013, to produce guidance on the implementation of section 89 of that Act. |
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| | 5 | Guidance produced for regulated persons under paragraph 4 shall include— |
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| | (a) | how regulated persons should provide customer data; |
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| | (b) | details on the ownership of customer data which shall include, but is |
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| | (i) | that customer data generated directly, at any point in the |
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| | course of a contract, is owned by the customer; |
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| | (ii) | that prior to any decision requiring the transmission of data in |
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| | a format where the customer can be identified to a third party, |
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| | direct consent of the customer as owner of the data must be |
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| | (iii) | how regulated persons should recognise and publicise that |
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| | such data is owned by the customer; |
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| | (c) | how customers may consent to their data being shared with third |
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| | parties under section 89(1)(b) of the Enterprise and Regulatory |
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| | (d) | specify sanctions for traders who are not able to confirm the consent |
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| | of the customer to sharing their data; |
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| | (e) | measures to limit amount that may be charged for any such single |
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| | request for data on behalf of multiple customers; |
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| | (f) | how regulated persons, who hold data on customers on behalf of any |
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| | government, local or public authority, can use this information to |
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| | secure social and consumer benefits; and |
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| | (g) | how regulated persons, who hold data on customers on behalf of any |
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| | government, local or public authority, can contribute to a report under |
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| | Access to information: public services |
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| | 6 (1) | The Secretary of State shall report to Parliament within six months of Royal |
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| | Assent of this Act on how the Government intends to ensure that all consumers |
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| | of public services, who have a direct role in commissioning them, are able to |
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| | access information regarding any consumer contract or consumer notices |
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| | which may reasonably be understood to apply to them. |
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| | (2) | A report under sub-paragraph (1) shall have particular regard to— |
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| | (a) | the access to information that consumers of public services require; |
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| | (b) | how access to information can ensure greater transparency on the |
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| | (3) | For the purposes of this paragraph, “public services” means the work of any |
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| | government, local or public authority or traders offering services on their |
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