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Liability For Defective Products Act, 1991

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Number 28 of 1991

LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS ACT, 1991

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Interpretation.

2.

Liability for damage caused by defective products.

3.

Limitation of damages.

4.

Proof of damage and defect.

5.

Defective product.

6.

Defences.

7.

Limitation of actions.

8.

Joint and several liability.

9.

Reduction of liability.

10.

Prohibition on exclusion from liability.

11.

Other rights of action not precluded.

12.

Application of Courts Act, 1988.

13.

Application of this Act.

14.

Short title and commencement.

SCHEDULE

Acts Referred to

Civil Liability Act, 1961

1961, No. 41

Courts Act, 1988

1988, No. 14

Statute of Limitations, 1957

1957, No. 6

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Act, 1991

1991, No. 18

Succession Act, 1965

1965, No. 27

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Number 28 of 1991

LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS ACT, 1991

AN ACT TO ENABLE EFFECT TO BE GIVEN TO THE PROVISIONS OF DIRECTIVE NO. 85/374/EEC OF 25 JULY 1985 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS, REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES CONCERNING LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS. [4th December, 1991]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: