CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT: PRE-EMPTIVE BLOCK REGULATIONS AMENDED

CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT: PRE-EMPTIVE BLOCK REGULATIONS AMENDED

• 16 April 2026
• Consumer Law
• SA Legal Academy

The Department of Trade, Industry & Competition has gazetted amendments to regulations under the 2008 Consumer Protection Act dealing with pre-emptive blocks. Released in draft form in November 2024 for public comment, the amendments are immediately effective. They introduce additional provisions under Regulation 4 (mechanisms to block direct marketing communication) affecting the opt-out registry, with implications for the obligations of:

• direct marketers
• consumers registering pre-emptive blocks, and
• the Consumer Commission as registry custodian, as well as
• the associated fee structure.

To this end, among other things the amendments insert sub-regulations 4(7) to (10) – presumably under sub-regulation 4(6). Unfortunately, as far as can be ascertained there is no sub-regulation 4(6) in the 2011 regulations. Neither do the original regulations appear to have been amended previously.

• amendments
• 2011 regulations

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