Consumer Protection Act 1987

Section 48.

SCHEDULE 4 U.K. Minor and Consequential Amendments

The Explosives M1 Act 1875 U.K.

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M1 1875 c. 17.

1 U.K. In sections 31 and 80 of the Explosives Act 1875 (prohibitions on selling gunpowder to children and on use of fireworks in public places), for the words from “shall be liable” onwards there shall be substituted the words “ “shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale ”.

The M2 Trade Descriptions Act 1968 U.K.

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M2 1968 c. 29.

2 (1) In section 2 of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (meaning of trade description)— U.K.

(a) for paragraph (g) of subsection (4) (marks and descriptions applied in pursuance of the M3 Consumer Safety Act 1978) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(g) the Consumer Protection Act 1987;” and

(b) in subsection (5)(a) (descriptions prohibited under certain enactments), for the words “or the Consumer Safety Act 1978” there shall be substituted the words “ “or the Consumer Protection Act 1987 ”.

(2) F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 para. 2(2) repealed (20.6.2003) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 278(2), 279, Sch. 26; S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 10)

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M3 1978 c. 38.

The M4 Fair Trading Act 1973 U.K.

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M4 1973 c. 41.

3 U.K. F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 4 para. 3 repealed (20.6.2003) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 278(2), 279, Sch. 26; S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 10)

The M5 Consumer Credit Act 1974 U.K.

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M5 1974 c. 39.

4 U.K. F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 4 para. 4 repealed (20.6.2003) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 278(2), 279, Sch. 26; S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 10)

The Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977 U.K.

5 U.K. In section 1 of the M6 Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977 (meaning of “wrongful interference”), after paragraph (d) there shall be inserted the following words—

“and references in this Act (however worded) to proceedings for wrongful interference or to a claim or right to claim for wrongful interference shall include references to proceedings by virtue of Part I of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (product liability) in respect of any damage to goods or to an interest in goods or, as the case may be, to a claim or right to claim by virtue of that Part in respect of any such damage.”

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M6 1977 c. 32.

The M7 Estate Agents Act 1979 U.K.

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M7 1979 c. 38.

6 U.K. In section 10(3)(a) of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (exceptions to general restrictions on disclosure of information), after the words “or the Airports Act 1986” there shall be inserted the words “ “or the Consumer Protection Act 1987. ”

The M8 Competition Act 1980 U.K.

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M8 1980 c. 21.

7 U.K. F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 4 para. 7 repealed (20.6.2003) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 278(2), 279, Sch. 26; S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 10)

The M9 Employment Act 1982 U.K.

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M9 1982 c. 46.

F5 8 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 4 para. 8 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1

The M10 Telecommunications Act 1984 U.K.

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M10 1984 c. 12.

9 (1) F6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

(2) In section 101(3) of the said Act of 1984 (enactments specified in exceptions to general restrictions on disclosure of information), after paragraph (g) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(h) the Consumer Protection Act 1987.”

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 4 para. 9(1) repealed (8.2.2007) by Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (c. 36), ss. 125, 126, Sch. 9 Pt. 1

The M11 Airports Act 1986 U.K.

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M11 1986 c. 31.

10 U.K. In section 74(3) of the Airports Act 1986 (enactments specified in exceptions to general restrictions on disclosure of information), after paragraph (h) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(i) the Consumer Protection Act 1987.”

The M12 Gas Act 1986 U.K.

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M12 1986 c. 44.

11 U.K. In section 42 of the Gas Act 1986—

(a) in subsection (3) (restrictions on disclosure of information except for the purposes of certain enactments), at the end there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(j) the Consumer Protection Act 1987.”;

(b) after subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(6) In relation to the Consumer Protection Act 1987 the reference in subsection (2)(b) above to a weights and measures authority shall include a reference to any person on whom functions under that Act are conferred by regulations under section 27(2) of that Act.”

The M13 Insolvency Act 1986 U.K.

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M13 1986 c. 45.

12 U.K. In section 281(5)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (discharge from bankruptcy not to release bankrupt from liability in respect of personal injuries), for the word “being” there shall be substituted the words “ “or to pay damages by virtue of Part I of the Consumer Protection Act 1987, being in either case ”.

The M14 Motor Cycle Noise Act 1987 U.K.

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M14 1987 c. 34.

13 U.K. For paragraphs 3 to 5 of the Schedule to the Motor Cycle Noise Act 1987 (enforcement) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“3 Part IV of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (enforcement), except section 31 (power of customs officers to detain goods), shall have effect as if the provisions of this Act were safety provisions within the meaning of that Act; and in Part V of that Act (miscellaneous and supplemental), except in section 49 (Northern Ireland), references to provisions of the said Part IV shall include references to those provisions as applied by this paragraph.”