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Response of the Advertising Association to the Financial Services Authority Discussion Paper “Transparency as a Regulatory Tool” (12/09/08)
Sets out the support of the Advertising Association for the package of measures both in progress and in prospect that the Financial Services Authority is pursuing in the areas of education, deterrence, prevention and confidence in the context of financial promotions, which it considers will go a significant way towards reducing the risk of consumer detriment being incurred. The response also recommends that the Financial Services Authority offers a free non-binding “without prejudice” pre-publication advice service covering financial promotions to those firms that want to draw upon it.
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Contribution of the Advertising Association to the Scottish Government discussion paper - “Changing Scotland’s relationship with alcohol”
Although the discussion paper does not include specific consultation questions regarding advertising, the Advertising Association comments on paragraphs 150 and 151 which do discuss alcohol advertising.
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Response of the Advertising Association to the Call for Evidence by the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform as part of its Consumer Law Review (28/08/08)
Sets out recommendations for how: individual statutory measures covering consumer protection; and, the framework of relevant law as a whole, could be improved in the interests of better regulation. The response also establishes that the advertising sector prefers principles-based law to prescriptive legislation, whilst having an over-riding preference for alternatives to statutory regulation altogether.
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Advertising Association response to the Gambling Commission Review of Research, Education and Treatment - Second Consultation Paper (23/07/08)
Sets out the view of the AA that if a national telephone line covering gambling-related matters is eventually established, its number should feature in a prominent place on the homepage of the gambleaware.co.uk website rather than as an additional element in gambling advertisements. (References to gambleaware.co.uk already appear in gambling advertisements.)
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Advertising Association response to the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice consultation on "The Regulation of Unfair Practices in TV and Radio Advertisements" (21 July 2008)
Argues that BCAP has succeeded in aligning the codes governing advertising standards in television and radio with the provisions contained within the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) of relevance to them. The AA also takes the opportunity to recommend a number of amendments aimed at improving the consistency and ease of comprehension of the two codes in their reflection of the CPRs.
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Advertising Association submission to the Department for Children, Schools and Families enquiry assessing the impact of the commercial world on children’s wellbeing. (1 July 08)
The submission presents the benefits of advertising, its importance in funding the media and how the effects of advertising must be considered in a broader cultural context.
The report summarises the advertising rules and self-regulatory system, highlights voluntary best practice, CSR initiatives, digital future proofing and media literacy
Annex 1 is a paper produced by Kids Industries and forms part of the Advertising Association’s contribution.
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Advertising Association submission to the Ofcom consultation: Initial Assessments of when to adopt self- or co-regulation
(6 June 08)
Argues that Ofcom’s remit to promote self- and co-regulation is important, but limited to the communications industries it regulates. Ofcom’s starting point should be to consider whether intervention is necessary at all, but if it is, promoting self-regulation should be the default position.
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Advertising Association response to the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform consultation on the draft Cancellation of Contracts made in a Consumer’s Home or Place of Work etc Regulations 2008 (22 April 2008)
Argues that in the context of the Review of the Consumer Acquis being conducted by the European Commission, which encompasses Directive 85/577/EEC “to protect the consumer in respect of contracts negotiated away from business premises”, the introduction of any domestic legislation relating to solicited visits to consumers by direct sellers should be deferred until the legislative assessment process has concluded.
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Advertising Association response to the Better Regulation Executive review of the consumer protection regime in the UK (18/01/08)
Requests that a number of relevant pieces of new legislation be allowed to bed in, before a wholesale review of the consumer protection regime here in the UK is embarked upon by Government. The AA does, however, make a number of active recommendations, including that the BRE maintain its support for viable alternatives to statutory regulation, not least in the consumer protection field.
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Advertising Association response to the Gambling Commission Review of Research, Education and Treatment (11/01/08)
Sets out the views of the AA in respect of the role of public education in combating problem gambling, whilst drawing on an analysis commissioned by the Association in 2002 which considered the relative efficacy of previous public policy advertising campaigns in order to ascertain what lessons could be learnt from them in order to inform future activity in this area.
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Advertising Association response to the call for evidence of the Local Government & Communities Committee of the Scottish Parliament on the Glasgow Commonwealth Games Bill (20/12/07)
Makes recommendations to the Committee on how the Bill might be rendered clearer and more proportionate in respect of the restrictions on the physical location of advertising that it would introduce either directly or via secondary legislation. The response also sets out the concerns of the AA around the proposal of the Scottish Government to pursue an association right for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games under Section 104 of the Scotland Act 1998.
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AA response to the Better Regulation Executive’s consultative exercise Effective Consultation (05/10/07)
Argues that the scope of the Better Regulation Executive’s existing Code of Practice on Consultation be extended beyond Government Departments to cover all public bodies. The AA also sets out how Government Departments might improve their mechanisms for providing feedback following consultations as well as improving the quality of such responses in the interests of transparency.
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Advertising Association response to the consultation by the Scottish Executive on the draft Glasgow Commonwealth Games Bill (28/09/07)
Calls for a commitment from the Scottish Executive that it will not seek to gold-plate on any contractual terms it may enter into with the Commonwealth Games Federation when legislating in Holyrood in respect of the physical location of advertising around any specific venues or events that may be held in Glasgow in 2014. The AA also discourages the Scottish Executive from seeking the introduction of new intellectual property statute through the Westminster Parliament in respect of any Commonwealth Games that may be held in Glasgow in 2014.
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