Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014

75

Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2007

75. Section 2 of the Act of 2007 is amended—

(a) by substituting the following definition for the definition of “authorised officer”:

“ ‘authorised officer’ has the same meaning as it has in the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014;”,

(b) by substituting the following definition for the definition of “consumer”:

“ ‘consumer’ means a natural person (whether in the State or not) who is acting wholly or mainly for purposes unrelated to the person’s trade, business or profession;”,

(c) in the definition of “goods” by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (e):

“(e) computer software, including content stored in a digital format or content stored electronically in a format which is not digital;”,

(d) by inserting the following definition:

“ ‘relevant statutory instruments’ means the statutory instruments for the time being in force specified in Schedule 9;”,

(e) in the definition of “relevant statutory provisions”—

(i) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (a):

“(aa) relevant statutory instruments;”,

(ii) by substituting “(j) the European Union (Consumer Information, Cancellation and Other Rights) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 484 of 2013);” for “(i) the European Union (Consumer Information, Cancellation and Other Rights) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 484 of 2013);”, and

(iii) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (j):

“(k) the European Union (Consumer Information, Cancellation and Other Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 250 of 2014).”,

(f) by substituting the following definition for the definition of “transactional decision”:

“ ‘transactional decision’ means, in relation to a consumer transaction, whether or not that transaction is completed, any decision by the consumer concerning whether, how or on what terms to do, or refrain from doing, any of the following:

(a) purchase the product;

(b) make payment in whole or in part for the product;

(c) retain or return the product after its purchase;

(d) dispose of the product;

(e) exercise a contractual right in relation to the product;”.