ORDER 72B

CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2007

1. In this rule —

‘the Act’ means the Consumer Protection Act, 2007 (No 19 of 2007);

‘Agency’ means the National Consumer Agency established by section 7 of the Act, and includes, where any function referred to in section 5A(3B) of the Central Bank Act, 1942 is exercised, or the context otherwise so admits or requires, the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland;

‘code of practice’, ‘commercial practice’, ‘consumer’, ‘consumer transaction’, ‘product’ and

‘trader’ each has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Act;

‘code owner’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 72 of the Act, and ‘prohibited act or practice’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 67 of the Act.

[SI 585/08]