Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980

Functions of Director of Consumer Affairs.

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F35[55. F36[]]

Annotations

Amendments:

F35

Substituted (25.01.1988) by Restrictive Practices (Amendment) Act 1987 (31/1987), s. 32, S.I. No. 2 of 1988.

F36

Repealed (29.11.2022) by Consumer Rights Act 2022 (37/2022), s. 8(1) and sch. 1 part 1 ref. 2, S.I. No. 596 of 2022, subject to transitional provision in s. 9(1)(a).

Editorial Notes:

E13

The Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (29/2014), ss. 38 and 39, dissolving the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority and establishing the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on 31 October 2014 by S.I. No. 367 of 2014, provides that references to these organisations shall be construed as references to the Commission and that references to the chief executive of the National Consumer Agency shall, on and after that day, be construed as a reference to the chairperson of the Commission. Note also the statement of the functions of the Commission in s. 10 of the 2014 Act.

E14

The Consumer Protection Act 2007 (19/2007), s. 37(3), establishing the National Consumer Agency on 1 May 2007 by S.I. No. 179 of 2007, provides that references to the Director and the office of the Director contained in any Act or instrument relating to any functions transferred by subsection (2) of the same section shall, on and after the establishment day, be read as references to the National Consumer Agency. Note also the statement of the functions of the Agency in s. 8 of the 2007 Act.