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The Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Gift Card Inactivity Fees)

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S.M. 2015, c. 22

Bill 212, 4th Session, 40th Legislature

The Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Gift Card Inactivity Fees)

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(Assented to June 30, 2015)

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. C200 amended

1

The Consumer Protection Act is amended by this Act.

2

Section 173 is amended by renumbering it as subsection 173(1) and adding the following as subsection 173(2):

Restriction on inactivity fees

173(2)

Despite clause (1)(f), a regulation governing the fees that may be charged in relation to prepaid purchase cards may not authorize an inactivity fee in relation to a prepaid purchase card that was issued or sold for cash or other consideration.

Coming into force

3

This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

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