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St
udent:
67979041

Quest
ion1

No,Thephar macyactedunfai
rl
y.Becausei
ntermsofthesect
ion23ofAct68of2008
saysthatasuppliermaynotdemandt hataconsumershoul
dpayahigherpri
cethan
thedi
splayedpr i
ce.I
fther
eismor ethanonepri
cedispl
ayedthel
owestpri
cewil
lapply
,
witht
hef ol
lowingexcepti
ons:

 i
fthepr
icehav
ebeendet
ermi
nedbypubl
i
cregul
ati
on

 i
fthef
ir
stpr
icehav
ebeenf
ull
yconceal
edbyasecondpr
ice

 shoul
dt hesuppl
i
erhav
ecor
rect
edanobv
iouser
rorandt
akenr
easonabl
est
epst
o
i
nform consumers

 shoul
danunaut
hor
izedper
sonhav
e

 r
emov
edoral
ter
edt
hepr
ice.

Inter
msofsect ion23aretai
l
ermustnotdispl
ayanygoodsforsalewit
houtdi
splayi
ngthepri
ce
ofthosegoods.Ifgoodsareadver
ti
sedatadiscount
edpri
cethepriceontheshelfi
sdeemedto
i
ncludethediscountedpr
iceunl
essthedi
scountedpri
ceandori
ginalpr
iceisr
ecordednextt
o
eachother.
Quest
ion2:

 No, ther etai

l
erdidnotactcorrectl
ybecauseTheconsumer’sri
ghtt
oselectsuppli
ers
statest hatthesuppli
ermaynotascondi t
ionf
orenteringi
ntoanagreementrequir
e
thatt heconsumermustpur chasegoodsorservi
cef rom t
hesuppl
ierordesignat
ed
thir
dpar tyorenteri
ntoanaddi t
ionalagr
eementforthesupplyoft
hesegoodsor
services.Thi si
scall
edbundl i
ng.

Theconveni
enceoft
hebundl
edgoodsout
wei
ghst
hel
i
mit
ati
onoft
heconsumer
’sr
ight
tochoose

Asuppliermustnotr
equi
re,asacondit
ionofof
fer
ingt
osupplyorsupplyi
nganygoods
orserv
ices,orasacondi
ti
onofenter
ingint
oanagreementort
ransact
ion,thatt
he
consumermust —

(
a)pur
chaseanyot
herpar
ti
cul
argoodsorser
vicesf
rom t
hatsuppl
i
er

(b)enterint
oanaddit
ionalagr
eementort
ransact
ionwi
tht
hesamesuppl
i
erora
designatedthi
rdpar
ty;or

(
c)agr
eet
opur
chaseanypar
ti
cul
argoodsorser
vicesf
rom adesi
gnat
edt
hir
d

par
ty,
unl
esst
hesuppl
i
er—

(i
)canshowthatt
heconveni
encet
ot heconsumeri
nhavi
ngthosegoodsorser
vices
bundl
edoutwei
ghsthel
imit
ati
onoftheconsumer’
sri
ghtt
ochoice;

(i
i)canshowthatt
hebundl
i
ngoft
hosegoodsorser
vicesr
esul
tsi
neconomi
cbenef
itf
or
consumers;or

(
ii
i)of
fer
sbundl
edgoodsorser
vicessepar
atel
yandati
ndi
vi
dual
pri
ces.

Quest
ion3:

 Ankl
ePetershoul
dret
urnthecont
ainertothesuppl
i
er.Thesect
ion59ofThe
Consumerprot
ect
ionAct68of2008st at
esthat;

 .(1)I
fanynati
onall
egi
slati
onpr
ohibit
st hedisposalordeposi
tofanypart
icul
ar
goods,oranycomponents,r
emnants,contai
nersorpackagingofanygoods,i
ntoa
commonwast
ecol
lect
ionsy
stem—

(a)anypersonwhoint heordinar
ycourseofbusi
nesssuppl i
esgoodsofthatkind
toconsumer s,
mustacceptt heretur
nofanysuchgoods, components,
remnant s,
contai
nersorpackagingfrom anyconsumer,wi
thoutchargetotheconsumer,
i
rrespect
iveofwhetherthatpersonsuppli
edthepart
icul
arobjectt
othatpart
icular
consumer;and

(b)anypersonwhointheordi
narycourseofbusinesspr
oduces,i
mportsor
dist
ri
butesanysuchgoodsaspar tofthesuppl
ychainbywhichthosegoodsreach
theconsumer ,
mustintur
nacceptther et
urnofanysuchgoods,
component s,
remnants,contai
ner
sorpackagi
ngf r
om anysupplier
.

(2)Ifanyregulati
onorindust
rywastemanagementplanapprovedbyanyother
l
egislati
onfort hemanagementofaspecifi
cwastetypeappl
ies,t
heconsumermay
disposeordeposi tt
hegoodst oacoll
ect
ionfaci
li
typr
ovi
dedf ori
nther
egulati
onor
i
ndust r
ywast emanagementpl an.

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erences;

TheConsumerPr
otect
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enga,
M etal
Gener
alPr
inci
plesof
Commercial
Law7ed(2010)Jut
a

Juta’
sPocketSt
atut
esConsumerPr
otect
ionAct&Regul
ati
ons(
2011)OppermanI
,
LakeRJuta’
sPocketCompani
onUnderst
andi
ngtheConsumerProt
ect
ionAct(
2012)
Juta

Sarah-l
ynnTennantTheNat
ionalCredi
tActandConsumerPr
otect
ionAct
:Agui
de
forcredi
tpr
ovider
sandsuppli
ers(2011)Jut
a