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TRADING REPRESENTATIONS (DISABLED PERSONS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 1

1.(1) It shall not be lawful, in selling or soliciting orders for goods of any
description in the course of a business carried on by any person, for any
representation that, or implying that, blind or otherwise disabled persons, or
any description of such persons

(a)are employed in the production, preparation or packing of the goods; or

(b)benefit (otherwise than as users of the goods) from the sale of the goods
or the carrying on of the business;

(2) Sub-section (1) shall not apply where the business is being carried on

(a)by a local authority; or

(b)by any fund, institution, association or undertaking which is registered or
exempted from registration under the House to House Charitable Collections Act
(Northern Ireland), 1952; or

(c)by a company, association or body providing facilities under section
fifteen of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act (Northern Ireland), 1945, in
pursuance of arrangements under sub-section (2) of that section; or

(d)by any body of persons exempted by the Ministry of Labour and National
Insurance (hereinafter referred to as "the Ministry") from the operation of
sub-section (1) of this section, being a body appearing to the Ministry to be
carrying on business without profit to its members;

(3) In this section "house" includes a place of business, and "local
authority" means the council of a county borough or other borough or urban or
rural district.

Subs.(4) rep. by SLR 1973

© 1958 Crown Copyright

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