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Product Liability (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001

This Act amends Part II of the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, removes two product-liability provisions from effect, and updates wording in Article 11(1).

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“This Act amends Part II of the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, removes two product-liability provisions from effect, and updates wording in Article 11(1).”

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Product Liability (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001

This Act amends Part II of the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, removes two product-liability provisions from effect, and updates wording in Article 11(1).

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Source record from www.legislation.gov.uk · Enacted 20 Jul 2001 · Published 20 Jul 2001

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This Act amends Part II of the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, removes two product-liability provisions from effect, and updates wording in Article 11(1).

Product Liability (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 An Act to amend Part II of the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987. The following provisions of Part II of the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (NI 20) (product liability) shall cease to have effect, namely— in Article 4(2) the definition of “agricultural produce”; and Article 5(4) (exclusion of defect in any game or agricultural produce). In Article 11(1) of the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (NI 20) (power of Secretary of State to modify enactments in consequence of modification of product liability Directive)— for “Secretary of State” there shall be substituted “Department”; and for “him” there shall be substituted “it”. This Act may be cited as the Product Liability (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.
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