Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act No. 5 of 2020

1. Short title

2. Amendment of section 8 of principal Act

3. Amendment of section 10 of principal Act

4. Amendment of section 13 of principal Act

5. Correction of numbering of section 31 of principal Act

6. Amendment of section 33 of principal Act

7. Amendment of section 34 of principal Act

8. Amendment of section 35 of principal Act

9. Amendment of section 54 of principal Act

10. Amendment of Schedule I to principal Act

11. Amendment of Schedule II to principal Act 22 Act 5 Consumer Protection (Amendment) 2020 2020 Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act 5 23 GRENADA ACT NO. 5 OF 2020 L.S. I assent, CÉCILE E. F. LA GRENADE Governor-General. 27th August, 2020. AN ACT to amend the Consumer Protection Act No. 2 of 2018. [4th September, 2020]. BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and the House of Representatives and by the authority of the same as follows–

1. This Act may be cited as the– Short title. CONSUMER PROTECTION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020, and shall be read as one with the Consumer Protection Act No. 2 of 2018, hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”.

2. Section 8 of the principal Act is amended by repealing Amendment of section 8 of subsection (1) and substituting therefor the following new principal Act. subsection– 24 Act 5 Consumer Protection (Amendment) 2020 “(1) There shall be a Director of the Consumer Affairs Office who shall be an officer in public service.” Amendment of 3. Section 10 of the principal Act is amended by repealing section 10 of principal Act. paragraph (c). Amendment of 4. Section 13 of the principal Act is amended as follows– section 13 of principal Act. (a) by inserting before subsection (1) the following new subsection– “(1) The complainant may request that the matter be referred to the Tribunal if– (a) the Office is satisfied that the complaint qualifies under one or more grounds under section 32; (b) the complainant has received no reasonable redress; and (c) the complainant makes the payment of the prescribed fee.”; (b) renumbering subsections (1) and (2) as subsections (2) and (3) respectively. Correction of 5. The principal Act is amended by correcting the numbering of section 31 of numbering of the heading “Who may lodge a complaint” as principal Act. section “31” as opposed to section “11”. Amendment of 6. Section 33 of the principal Act is amended in section 33 of subsection (1) in the chapeau by deleting the words “and principal Act. receipt of payment of the prescribed fee” after the words “Upon receipt of the complaint”. Amendment of 7. Section 34 of the principal Act is amended in subsection section 34 of (5) (c) by deleting the words “section 38 (4)” after the words principal Act. “in accordance with” and substituting therefor the words “section 36 (4)”. 2020 Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act 5 25

8. Section 35 of the principal Act is amended in subsection Amendment of section 35 of (2) by deleting the words “section 34 (9)” after the words principal Act. “in accordance with” and substituting therefor the words “section 34 (8)”.

9. Section 54 of the principal Act is amended in subsection Amendment of section 54 of (3) by deleting the words “respondent” and “respondent’s” principal Act. wherever they appear and substituting therefor the words “defendant” and “defendant’s” respectively.

10. Schedule I to the principal Act is amended in section Amendment of

Schedule I to 3 in the chapeau by deleting the word “Tribunal” after the principal Act. words “Each member of the” and substituting therefor the words “Advisory Body”. 11. Schedule II to the principal Act is amended in Amendment of paragraph 5 (d) by deleting the words “subsection (14)” after Schedule II to principal Act. the words “fails to comply with” and substituting therefor the words “paragraph 15”. Passed by the House of Representatives this 29th day of July, 2020. ANDREW AUGUSTINE Clerk to the House of Representatives (Ag.). Passed by the Senate this 5th day of August, 2020. ANDREW AUGUSTINE Clerk to the Senate (Ag.). GRENADA PRINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, AT THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, ST. GEORGE’S 4/9/2020.