BTEC International Level 2 Business

Unit 12: Consumer Rights — assessment criteria

Learners will develop an understanding of how the law operates with respect to consumer rights and how the law applies to situations that affect consumers in the purchase of both goods and services.

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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

6 criteria
A.P1Identify the requirements, terms and types of contract.
A.P2Describe differences between contract law, crime and other civil wrongs (tort).
B.P3Explain how the law protects consumers of both goods and services in given scenarios.
B.P4Describe how the law protects consumers against the imposition of exclusion clauses in given scenarios.
C.P5Describe the appropriate remedy in a given consumer protection situation.
C.P6Describe how the law protects consumers against negligence.

Merit

3 criteria
A.M1Explain using given scenarios whether the contract requirements and terms provided result in legally binding contracts.
B.M2Apply the law accurately in a given consumer dispute scenario, analysing how the law protects consumers in the purchase of both goods and services. protection in given situations
C.M3Apply the law in a given consumer dispute scenario, analysing how it protects consumers against negligence and false trade descriptions.

Distinction

2 criteria
AB.D1Evaluate the law relating to the main areas of contract and consumer protection.
C.D2Evaluate the legal remedies available for defective goods and false trade descriptions.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

EvaluateIdentifyDescribeExplainApply
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

  • A. Investigate the meaning of terms relating to consumer contracts
  • B. Explore the law relating to consumer protection
  • C. Apply the law on consumer protection in given situations

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