Community Empowerment In Consumer Law Protection

Abstract

The research approach used is the normative juridical approach that is research that emphasizes on secondary data, covering the whole legislation concerning Consumer Protection which will be discussed in this research. The results showed the Consumer Protection Agency for Self-Reliance is a registered and acknowledged government-owned nongovernmental entity that deals with consumer protection. Under the Consumer Protection Act, LPKSM has the opportunity to take an active role in realizing consumer protection. To ensure the existence of a legal certainty, openness and order in the implementation of consumer protection in Indonesia, every LPKSM must register to the Regency, to obtain LPKSM Registration License as evidence that LPKSM concerned is really engaged in consumer protection. There are two conditions to be acknowledged as LPKSM, that is, (1) registered to the Regency, (2) Moving in consumer protection as contained in the LPKSM statute and conducting consumer protection activities throughout Indonesia. Keywords—Consumer Protection, Legal Certainty