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Product Liability (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001

2001 Chapter 13

CONTENTS
Section
1.	Product liability: repeal of exclusion for game and agricultural produce
2.	Power to modify enactments in consequence of modification of product liability Directive
3.	Short title

An Act to amend Part II of the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987.

[20th July 2001]

BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:

Product liability: repeal of exclusion for game and agricultural produce

1. The following provisions of Part II of the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (NI 20) (product liability) shall cease to have effect, namely-

(a) in Article 4(2) the definition of "agricultural produce"; and

(b) Article 5(4) (exclusion of defect in any game or agricultural produce).

Power to modify enactments in consequence of modification of product liability Directive

2. 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)-

(a) for "Secretary of State" there shall be substituted "Department"; and

(b) for "him" there shall be substituted "it".

Short title

3. This Act may be cited as the Product Liability (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.

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