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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Consumer Protection Act 1987 (c. 43)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2008 and 2009. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

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Consumer Protection Act 1987

1987 CHAPTER 43

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Product Liability

    1. 1. Purpose and construction of Part I

    2. 2. Liability for defective products

    3. 3. Meaning of “defect”

    4. 4. Defences

    5. 5. Damage giving rise to liability

    6. 6. Application of certain enactments etc

    7. 7. Prohibition on exclusions from liability

    8. 8. Power to modify Part I

    9. 9. Application of Part I to Crown

  2. Part II

    Consumer Safety

    1. 10. The general safety requirement

    2. 11. Safety regulations

    3. 12. Offences against the safety regulations

    4. 13. Prohibition notices and notices to warn

    5. 14. Suspension notices

    6. 15. Appeals against suspension notices

    7. 16. Forfeiture: England and Wales and Northern Ireland

    8. 17. Forfeiture: Scotland

    9. 18. Power to obtain information

    10. 19. Interpretation of Part II

  3. Part III

    Misleading Price Indications

    1. 20. Offence of giving misleading indication

    2. 21. Meaning of “misleading”

    3. 22. Application to provision of services and facilities

    4. 23. Application to provision of accommodation etc

    5. 24. Defences

    6. 25. Code of practice

    7. 26. Power to make regulations

  4. Part IV

    Enforcement of Parts II and III

    1. 27. Enforcement

    2. 28. Test purchases

    3. 29. Powers of search etc

    4. 30. Provisions supplemental to s. 29

    5. 31. Power of customs officer to detain goods

    6. 32. Obstruction of authorised officer

    7. 33. Appeals against detention of goods

    8. 34. Compensation for seizure and detention

    9. 35. Recovery of expenses of enforcement

  5. Part V

    Miscellaneous and Supplemental

    1. 36. Amendments of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

    2. 37.Power of Commissioners for Revenue and Customs to disclose information

    3. 38. Restrictions on disclosure of information

    4. 39. Defence of due diligence

    5. 40. Liability of persons other than principal offender

    6. 41. Civil proceedings

    7. 42. Reports etc

    8. 43. Financial provisions

    9. 44. Service of documents etc

    10. 45. Interpretation

    11. 46. Meaning of “supply”

    12. 47. Savings for certain privileges

    13. 48. Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

    14. 49. Northern Ireland

    15. 50. Short title: commencement and transitional provision

  6. SCHEDULE 1

    Limitation of Actions under Part I

  7. SCHEDULE 2

    Prohibition Notices and Notices to Warn

  8. SCHEDULE 3

    Amendments of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

  9. SCHEDULE 4

    Minor and Consequential Amendments

  10. SCHEDULE 5

    Repeals

An Act to make provision with respect to the liability of persons for damage caused by defective products; to consolidate with amendments the Consumer Safety Act 1978 and the Consumer Safety (Amendment) Act 1986; to make provision with respect to the giving of price indications; to amend Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and sections 31 and 80 of the Explosives Act 1875; to repeal the Trade Descriptions Act 1972 and the Fabrics (Misdescription) Act 1913; and for connected purposes.

[15th May 1987]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act excluded (30.10.2005) by The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2475), reg. 44

C2By the Toys (Safety) Regulations 1989, S.I. 1989/1275, reg. 15(1) it is provided that those Regulations shall be treated for all purposes as if they were safety regulations within the meaning of this Act

C3Act extended (6.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/711, reg. 30

Act extended (24.2.1995) by S.I. 1995/204, reg. 16(1)

Act applied (1.1.1995) by S.I. 1994/3142, reg. 18(6)

Extent Information

E1Act extends to Northern Ireland with specified exceptions, see s. 49

Commencement Information

I1Act not in force at Royal Assent see s.50; Act fully in force 1.3.1989 (subject to reservations in S.I. 1988/2076).

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