{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-descriptions-act-1968/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-descriptions-act-1968/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/29",
  "legislation_title": "Trade Descriptions Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-descriptions-act-1968",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to replace the Merchandise Marks Acts 1887 to 1953 by fresh provisions prohibiting misdescriptions of goods, services, accommodation and facilities provided in the course of trade; to prohibit false or misleading indications as to the price of goods; to confer power to require information on instructions relating to goods to be marked on or to accompany the goods or to be included in advertisements; to prohibit the unauthorised use of devices or emblems signifying royal awards; to enable the Parliament of Northern Ireland to make laws relating to merchandise marks; and for purposes connected with those matters.\n[30th May 1968]",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act modified by S.I. 1977/1140, reg. 12(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act excluded (E.W.S.) by S.I. 1985/1271, reg. 11 and (N.I.) by S.R. 1978/342, reg. 9(2) Act excluded (E.W.S.) by Weights and Measures Act 1985 (c. 72, SIF 131), s. 48(4), Sch. 11 para. 21(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Act restricted by Energy Conservation Act 1981 (c. 17, SIF 44:3), s. 19(2) Act restricted by S.R. 1987/407, reg. 10Act restricted (6.11.1995) by S.R. 1995/382, reg. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Act extended by Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52, SIF 107:1), s. 80(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Act applied (1.1.1995) by S.I. 1994/3142, reg. 18(5)Act applied (1.1.1995) by S.I. 1994/3144, reg. 9(11)(15) (as amended (30.10.2005) by S.I. 2005/2759, reg. 2(12))Act applied (30.10.2005) by The Medicines (Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products for Human Use) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2750), reg. 10(5) (with Sch. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act wholly in force at 30.11.1968 see s. 43(2)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/29/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:22.375175+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}