{"id":12982,"date":"2017-07-24T11:50:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T10:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccpc.ie\/business\/?p=12982"},"modified":"2017-07-25T11:59:16","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T10:59:16","slug":"residential-care-services-for-the-elderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccpc.inventise.ie\/business\/residential-care-services-for-the-elderly\/","title":{"rendered":"Residential care services for the elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>24 July 2017:<\/strong> Consumer protection legislation \u2013 the <a href=\"https:\/\/ccpc.inventise.ie\/business\/help-for-business\/consumer-protection-law-how-does-it-apply-to-my-business\/\">European Communities (Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts) Regulations 1995<\/a> &#8211; provides specific protections to consumers who enter into standard form contracts for goods or services. 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