Consumer Protection Act 2007

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1. Art. 1 Short title and commencement.
2. Art. 2 Interpretation and application.
3. Art. 3 Regulations.
4. Art. 4 Repeals.
5. Art. 5 Expenses.
6. Art. 6 Establishment day.
7. Art. 7 Establishment of Agency.
8. Art. 8 Functions of Agency.
9. Art. 8A Supplementary powers of Agency with respect to carrying out certain responsibilities.
10. Art. 9 Review of legislation.
11. Art. 10 Membership of Agency.
12. Art. 11 Chairperson of Agency.
13. Art. 12 Meetings and procedures of Agency.
14. Art. 13 Committees.
15. Art. 14 Chief executive.
16. Art. 15 Functions of chief executive.
17. Art. 16 Attendance of chief executive before Committee of Public Accounts.
18. Art. 17 Attendance of chief executive before other Oireachtas Committees.
19. Art. 18 Membership of either House of the Oireachtas, European Parliament or local authority.
20. Art. 19 Indemnity for members of Agency.
21. Art. 20 Strategy statement and work programme of Agency.
22. Art. 21 Provision for co-operation between Agency and certain prescribed bodies.
23. Art. 22 Reports and information to Minister.
24. Art. 23 Accounts and audits.
25. Art. 24 Advances by Minister to Agency.
26. Art. 24A Annual estimate of income for certain purposes.
27. Art. 24B Power to impose levies.
28. Art. 24C Surplus or deficiency in certain income of Agency during financial year.
29. Art. 24D Arrangements in relation to collection of levies.
30. Art. 24E Accounting for levies.
31. Art. 24F Arrangements in relation to the collection of information relevant to levy collection
32. Art. 24G Arrangements for the secondment of certain employees
33. Art. 25 Disclosure of interests.
34. Art. 26 Power to enter into contracts and to engage consultants and advisers.
35. Art. 27 Premises of Agency.
36. Art. 28 Seal of Agency.
37. Art. 29 Power to borrow.
38. Art. 30 Authorised officers of Agency.
39. Art. 31 Disclosure of information relating to offences.
40. Art. 32 Prohibition on unauthorised disclosure of information.
41. Art. 33 Amendment of Freedom of Information Act 1997.
42. Art. 34 Staffing.
43. Art. 35 Transfer of employment of certain persons to Agency.
44. Art. 36 Superannuation.
45. Art. 37 Transfer of functions to Agency.
46. Art. 38 Preservation of existing contracts.
47. Art. 39 Transfer of assets and liabilities.
48. Art. 40 References in certain other enactments to Director or Office of Director.
49. Art. 41 General prohibition on unfair commercial practices.
50. Art. 42 General prohibition on misleading commercial practices.
51. Art. 43 Misleading: false, misleading or deceptive information.
52. Art. 44 Misleading: competitor or product confusion in marketing or advertising.
53. Art. 44A Misleading: marketing of goods as identical where significantly different.
54. Art. 45 Misleading: non-compliance with commitment under code of practice by which trader is bound.
55. Art. 46 Misleading: withholding, omitting or concealing material information.
56. Art. 47 Offence: misleading commercial practices.
57. Art. 48 Prohibition on surcharges where one method of payment chosen in preference to another.
58. Art. 49 Requirement that surcharge (where otherwise permissible) be stated as part of price.
59. Art. 50 Consumer information regulations.
60. Art. 51 Offences: contravening consumer information regulations.
61. Art. 52 General prohibition on aggressive commercial practices.
62. Art. 53 Aggressive commercial practices.
63. Art. 54 Offence: aggressive commercial practices.
64. Art. 55 Prohibited commercial practices.
65. Art. 56 Offence: prohibited commercial practices.
66. Art. 57 Price display regulations.
67. Art. 58 Offence: price display contraventions.
68. Art. 59 Offence: weighing facilities in grocery retail.
69. Art. 60 Offence: preventing the reading of prices.
70. Art. 61 State of emergency affecting supply of a product.
71. Art. 62 Power to fix maximum prices during state of emergency.
72. Art. 63 Offence: contravening maximum price orders.
73. Art. 63A Interpretation
74. Art. 63B Regulations in respect of grocery goods undertakings
75. Art. 63C Inspections and investigations by the Commission
76. Art. 63D Contravention notices
77. Art. 63E Enforcement
78. Art. 64 Definition (Part 4).
79. Art. 65 Indictable offence: participating in, establishing, operating or promoting pyramid promotional schemes.
80. Art. 66 Pyramid promotional scheme agreements void.
81. Art. 66A Definitions and application
82. Art. 66B Terms of gift voucher contracts
83. Art. 67 Definition (Part 5).
84. Art. 68 Presumption respecting representations.
85. Art. 69 Advertisers.
86. Art. 70 Offence of trader due to act or default of another person.
87. Art. 71 Civil relief by way of prohibition orders.
88. Art. 72 Prohibition orders against code owners.
89. Art. 73 Undertakings with the Agency.
90. Art. 74 Consumer's right of action for damages.
91. Art. 74A Consumer’s right to price reduction and termination of contract.
92. Art. 75 Compliance notices.
93. Art. 76 Time limit for instituting proceedings.
94. Art. 77 Liability for offences by bodies corporate.
95. Art. 77A Time limit for instituting summary proceedings.
96. Art. 78 Defence of due diligence.
97. Art. 79 Fines and penalties.
98. Art. 80 Convicted persons liable for costs and expenses of proceedings and investigation.
99. Art. 81 Convicted traders liable to compensate consumers for loss or damage.
100. Art. 82 Court may order convicted person to publish corrective statement.
101. Art. 83 Summary trial of persons indicted.
102. Art. 84 Agency may institute summary proceedings for offences.
103. Art. 84A Commission for Communications Regulation may institute summary proceedings for certain offences.
104. Art. 85 Fixed payment notices for price display and product pricing offences.
105. Art. 86 Agency may publish information respecting certain persons.
106. Art. 86A Commission may publish certain information in respect of grocery goods undertakings
107. Art. 87 Protections for persons reporting breaches.
108. Art. 88 Voluntary submission of codes for Agency review and approval.
109. Art. 89 Admissibility of codes of practice in proceedings.
110. Art. 90 Agency guidelines.
111. Art. 91 Saving for certain contracts.
112. Art. 92 Saving of current price display orders.
113. Art. 93 Transitional.
114. Art. 94 Amendment of Central Bank Act 1942.
115. Art. 95 Amendment of Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980.
116. Art. 96 Saving for other rights person may have.
117. Art. 97 Amendment of Industrial Development Act 1993.
118. Art. 98 Amendment of Casual Trading Act 1995.
119. Art. 99 Amendment of Hallmarking Act 1981.
120. Art. 100 Power of officer of customs and excise to detain unsafe goods.
121. Art. 101 Directions under certain instruments respecting product safety: actions of third parties.
122. Art. 102 Admissibility of certain laboratory tests.