Consumer Protection Act 1987

1. Introductory Text

2. Part I Product Liability

   1. 1. Purpose and construction of Part I

   2. 2. Liability for defective products

   3. 3. Meaning of "defect"

   4. 4. Defences

   5. 5. Damage giving rise to liability

   6. 6. Application of certain enactments etc

   7. 7. Prohibition on exclusions from liability

   8. 8. Power to modify Part I

   9. 9. Application of Part I to Crown

3. Part II Consumer Safety

   1. 10. The general safety requirement

   2. 11. Safety regulations

   3. 12. Offences against the safety regulations

   4. 13. Prohibition notices and notices to warn

   5. 14. Suspension notices

   6. 15. Appeals against suspension notices

   7. 16. Forfeiture: England and Wales and Northern Ireland

   8. 17. Forfeiture: Scotland

   9. 18. Power to obtain information

   10. 19. Interpretation of Part II

4. Part III Misleading Price Indications

   1. 20. Offence of giving misleading indication

   2. 21. Meaning of "misleading"

   3. 22. Application to provision of services and facilities

   4. 23. Application to provision of accommodation etc

   5. 24. Defences

   6. 25. Code of practice

   7. 26. Power to make regulations

5. Part IV Enforcement of Parts II and III

   1. 27. Enforcement

   2. 28. Test purchases

   3. 29. Powers of search etc

   4. 30. Provisions supplemental to s. 29

   5. 31. Power of customs officer to detain goods

   6. 32. Obstruction of authorised officer

   7. 33. Appeals against detention of goods

   8. 34. Compensation for seizure and detention

   9. 35. Recovery of expenses of enforcement

6. Part V Miscellaneous and Supplemental

   1. 36. Amendments of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

   2. 37. Power of Commissioners of Customs and Excise to disclose information

   3. 38. Restrictions on disclosure of information

   4. 39. Defence of due diligence

   5. 40. Liability of persons other than principal offender

   6. 41. Civil proceedings

   7. 42. Reports etc

   8. 43. Financial provisions

   9. 44. Service of documents etc

   10. 45. Interpretation

   11. 46. Meaning of "supply"

   12. 47. Savings for certain privileges

   13. 48. Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

   14. 49. Northern Ireland

   15. 50. Short title, commencement and transitional provision

7. 1. Schedule 1

      Limitation of actions under Part I

      1. PART I England and Wales

      2. Part II Scotland

   2. Schedule 2

      Prohibition notices and notices to warn

      1. PART I Prohibition notices

      2. Part II Notices to warn

      3. Part III General

   3. Schedule 3

      Amendments of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

   4. Schedule 4

      Minor and consequential amendments

   5. Schedule 5

      Repeals