An Act to amend Part II of the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987.
[20th July 2001]
BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:
1. The following provisions of Part II of the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (NI 20) (product liability) shall cease to have effect, namely—
(a)in Article 4(2) the definition of “agricultural produce”; and
(b)Article 5(4) (exclusion of defect in any game or agricultural produce).
2. In Article 11(1) of the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (NI 20) (power of Secretary of State to modify enactments in consequence of modification of product liability Directive)—
(a)for “Secretary of State” there shall be substituted “Department”; and
(b)for “him” there shall be substituted “it”.
3. This Act may be cited as the Product Liability (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.