Liability for Defective Products Act 1991
Number 28 of 1991
LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS ACT 1991
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Liability for Defective Products Act 1991. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), enacted 28 May 2019, and all statutory instruments up to and including European Communities (Sheep Identification) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 243 of 2019), made 28 May 2019, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 28 of 1991
LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS ACT 1991
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
This Act is not collectively cited with any other Act. However, the following legislation deals with related subject matter:
• Civil Liability Act 1961 (41/1961)
• Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 1964 (17/1964)
• Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 1996 (42/1996)
• Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 (31/2004)
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
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www.lawreform.ie/annotations.
Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Consumer Protection Act 2007 (19/2007)
All Acts up to and including Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), enacted 28 May 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• European Communities (Environmental Liability) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 547 of 2008)
• European Communities (Liability For Defective Products) Regulations 2000 (S.I. No. 401 of 2000)
• Liability for Defective Products Act 1991 (Commencement) Order 1991 (S.I. No. 316 of 1991)
All statutory instruments up to and including European Communities (Sheep Identification) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 243 of 2019), made 28 May 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 28 of 1991
LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS ACT 1991
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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1961, No. 41 |
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1988, No. 14 |
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1957, No. 6 |
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1991, No. 18 |
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1965, No. 27 |
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Number 28 of 1991
LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS ACT 1991
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
AN ACT TO ENABLE EFFECT TO BE GIVEN TO THE PROVISIONS OF DIRECTIVE NO. 85/374/EEC OF 25 JULY 1985 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS, REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES CONCERNING LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS. [4th December, 1991]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
E1
Functions under Act transferred to Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (31.10.2014) by Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (29/2014), ss. 2, 10 and 39, S.I. No. 366 of 2014.
E2
Previous affecting provision: enforcement of Act provided for (1.05.2007) by Consumer Protection Act 2007 (19/2007), ss. 2, 8, 37 and sch. 1 pt. 1, S.I. No. 178 of 2007; functions transferred as per E-note above.