Consumer Deregulation And Market Act of 2024 - Fjordheim

Rationale

Fjordeim’s economy has stagnated for months and unemployment remains stuck. This Act cuts unnecessary consumer-market regulation, lowers costs for businesses and encourages competition, hiring and investment, while keeping essential protections against fraud and unsafe products.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous	Proposed
1	Consumer Protection	Multi-year warranties, no-quibble refunds for faulty goods, enforced safety standards	Short statutory warranty only; disputes left to the courts
2	Banking & Financial Regulation	Light-touch regulation	Deregulated financial centre
3	Online Retail & Marketplaces	Marketplaces liable for illegal or unsafe third-party goods; standard returns rights	Limited platform liability; minimal checks on small cross-border parcels

1

Consumer Protection

Previous law

Multi-year warranties, no-quibble refunds for faulty goods, enforced safety standards

Short statutory warranty only; disputes left to the courts

2

Banking & Financial Regulation

Previous law

Light-touch regulation

Deregulated financial centre

3

Online Retail & Marketplaces

Previous law

Marketplaces liable for illegal or unsafe third-party goods; standard returns rights

Limited platform liability; minimal checks on small cross-border parcels

Proposer

Party

Libertarian Alliance

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Core pillars

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Silje Sørensen

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Timeline

Draft

11 July 2024
Vote Open

11 July 2024
Vote Closed

9 September 2024
Became Law

9 September 2024

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Nordting

Passed

19Yes 16No 0Not voted 35 seats

For: 19 / 35 seats (54.3%)

Against: 16 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 54.3%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
A Better Fjordheim	11	No	ABF supports cutting unnecessary regulation and strengthening competition, but this proposal goes too far by removing basic consumer and financial safeguards. We support market reform, not shifting unreasonable risks onto consumers.
ASTER	0	No	ASTER votes no. Stagnation is real, but this bill fixes it by shifting risk onto the people least able to carry it. Cutting consumer guarantees to a short-term claim means the average person can no longer afford to enforce their own rights, only a lawyer can. A fully deregulated financial center removes safeguards built after past crises, for everyone, not just for businesses. And letting marketplaces disclaim responsibility for unsafe or illegal third-party goods puts the burden of catching a dangerous product on the buyer who ordered it in good faith. We agree with DLP: the direction toward growth is fine, this specific bill is not. We would support a narrower version that cuts real red tape without cutting the protections underneath it.
Democratic Liberal Platform	5	No	This proposal takes things a bit too far and removes basic protections for consumers. We do agree with the direction of the bill, but we do not agree with the bill as it is.
Libertarian Alliance Proposer	19	Yes	No reason given

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

A Better Fjordheim

Voted July 31, 2024

No

“ABF supports cutting unnecessary regulation and strengthening competition, but this proposal goes too far by removing basic consumer and financial safeguards. We support market reform, not shifting unreasonable risks onto consumers.”

ASTER

Voted July 15, 2024

No

“ASTER votes no. Stagnation is real, but this bill fixes it by shifting risk onto the people least able to carry it. Cutting consumer guarantees to a short-term claim means the average person can no longer afford to enforce their own rights, only a lawyer can. A fully deregulated financial center removes safeguards built after past crises, for everyone, not just for businesses. And letting marketplaces disclaim responsibility for unsafe or illegal third-party goods puts the burden of catching a dangerous product on the buyer who ordered it in good faith. We agree with DLP: the direction toward growth is fine, this specific bill is not. We would support a narrower version that cuts real red tape without cutting the protections underneath it.”

Democratic Liberal Platform

Voted July 12, 2024

No

“This proposal takes things a bit too far and removes basic protections for consumers. We do agree with the direction of the bill, but we do not agree with the bill as it is.”