http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/43/section/4Consumer Protection Act 1987An Act to make provision with respect to the liability of persons for damage caused by defective products; to consolidate with amendments the Consumer Safety Act 1978 and the Consumer Safety (Amendment) Act 1986; to make provision with respect to the giving of price indications; to amend Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and sections 31 and 80 of the Explosives Act 1875; to repeal the Trade Descriptions Act 1972 and the Fabrics (Misdescription) Act 1913; and for connected purposes.1987-05-15texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-10-18Expert Participation2024-10-14 Part I41In any civil proceedings by virtue of this Part against any person (“the person proceeded against”) in respect of a defect in a product it shall be a defence for him to show—athat the defect is attributable to compliance with any requirement imposed by or under any enactment or with any assimilated obligation; orbthat the person proceeded against did not at any time supply the product to another; orcthat the following conditions are satisfied, that is to say—ithat the only supply of the product to another by the person proceeded against was otherwise than in the course of a business of that person’s; andiithat section 2(2) above does not apply to that person or applies to him by virtue only of things done otherwise than with a view to profit; ordthat the defect did not exist in the product at the relevant time; orethat the state of scientific and technical knowledge at the relevant time was not such that a producer of products of the same description as the product in question might be expected to have discovered the defect if it had existed in his products while they were under his control; orfthat the defect—iconstituted a defect in a product ( “the subsequent product”) in which the product in question had been comprised; andiiwas wholly attributable to the design of the subsequent product or to compliance by the producer of the product in question with instructions given by the producer of the subsequent product.2In this section “the relevant time”, in relation to electricity, means the time at which it was generated, being a time before it was transmitted or distributed, and in relation to any other product, means—aif the person proceeded against is a person to whom subsection (2) of section 2 above applies in relation to the product, the time when he supplied the product to another;bif that subsection does not apply to that person in relation to the product, the time when the product was last supplied by a person to whom that subsection does apply in relation to the product.Word in s. 4(1)(a) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 23