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Legislation / Legal
SC: The Sentencing Council has announced that 4 new cases have been added to ‘You be the Judge’, an interactive website which lets people weigh-up the facts of real-life cases. Users can pass sentence themselves and then compare it to the sentence actually handed out by the judge.
OFT: 8 supermarkets have agreed to a set of OFT principles to address concerns over special offers & promotions for food & drink. Aldi, Co-Op, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco & Waitrose have agreed to adopt the principles into their own policies, following constructive engagement with the OFT.
The principles clarify the OFT's view on how promotional claims should be used so that consumers can rely on them being fair & meaningful regarding the value of the product or the existence of a discount. They also identify activities that would be of concern to enforcers.
WAG: As of last week, a new law means large shops & supermarkets are banned from displaying tobacco. The ban is aimed at reducing the uptake of smoking among young people in particular, by reducing the visual temptation of cigarettes on display.
The new law will be enforced by local trading standards officials and non-compliance is a criminal offence. Anyone found guilty could face a fine of up to £5,000 or up to 2 years in prison. The law will extend to smaller shops, bulk tobacconists and specialist tobacconists, in April 2015.
WAG: The Welsh Government’s commitment to save more lives and transform others by improving organ donation in Wales passed a significant milestone. Ministers have laid the Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill before the National Assembly for Wales. This introduces legislation for a soft opt-out system of organ & tissue donation in Wales.
To coincide with this milestone, a new publicity campaign has been launched alongside 2 international evidence reviews into soft opt-out systems of organ donation and the role of relatives in organ donation.
ScotGov: In an historic first for the Scottish Parliament, Finance Secretary John Swinney has introduced the first bill that will enable the Parliament to both set & collect a proportion of its own revenue – See ‘In the News’ section for more information.
