<\/p>
Guidance on the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 has been produced by the Trading Standards Institute, and is available at http://www.businesscompanion.info/<\/a>. This guidance is updated regularly, and we have asked TSI to consider providing clarification on ticket sales as part of these updates.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government, further to the comments by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Jenny Willott, on 13 May (HC Deb, col 691), whether they will set out the additional guidance produced by the Trading Standards Institute in relation to the cited consumer regulations of December 2013.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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