§ 85. Mr. A. Lewisasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider introducing legislation making it compulsory for a person, who has been found guilty of exceeding a maximum price regulation, to refund to the person who has been overcharged the amount of the excess.
§ Mr. BelcherAn innocent purchaser may recover the amount of any overcharge he has suffered in respect of price controlled or price regulated goods or price regulated services, either under Section 10 of the Prices of Goods Act, 1939, or the First Schedule to the Goods and Services (Price Control) Act, 1941, which enable him to take proceedings in the appropriate court to recover any loss sustained by him or, alternatively, under Regulation 8 of the Defence (Price Control) Regulations, 1945, which enables the court, upon convicting a person summarily of a price offence, to order repayment of the excess charged. I do not contemplate introducing any further legislation.