this is where it gets tricky
There's nothing tricky about it. Where there is demand, somebody will supply product to a higher quality than the minimum demanded by regulation.
Most, if not all, of the safety equipment now mandatory on new cars was first offered as a premium option by car manufacturers.
Well prosecution-or defence-wise it is tricky. It's hard to enforce based on some 'plus expectancy' on top of the law.
If the supplier doesn't meet the contractual terms, the buyer has recourse to the civil courts. If anything, that's easier than getting a regulator to use criminal enforcement.
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There's nothing tricky about it. Where there is demand, somebody will supply product to a higher quality than the minimum demanded by regulation.
Most, if not all, of the safety equipment now mandatory on new cars was first offered as a premium option by car manufacturers.