2010 Bill 33

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Third Session, 46th General Assembly 59 Elizabeth II, 2010
BILL 33
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSUMER PROTECTION AND BUSINESS PRACTICES ACT NO.2
Received and Read the First Time...................................................................................................
Second Reading.................................................................................................................................
Committee............................................................................................................................................
Third Reading.....................................................................................................................................
Royal Assent......................................................................................................................................
HONOURABLE HARRY HARDING Minister of Government Services
Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Consumer Protection and Business Practices Act. It would enable a consumer to start an action against a manufacturer by

· broadening the definition of a "supplier" to include a person engaged in the business of manufacturing, importing, producing or assembling goods; and

· removing the requirement that, in order to start an action, the consumer enter into the transaction directly with a supplier.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSUMER PROTECTION AND BUSINESS PRACTICES ACT NO. 2

Analysis

1. S.2 Amdt.
Definitions

2. S.10 Amdt.
Remedies of consumers

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2009 cC-31.1 as amended

1. Paragraph 2(j) of the Consumer Protection and Business Practices Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(j) "supplier" means a person who, as a principal or agent, in the course of his or her business

(i) offers or advertises the sale of goods or services to a consumer,

(ii) engages in a consumer transaction with a consumer, or

(iii) manufactures, imports, produces or assembles goods,

and includes an assignee of the rights and obligations of a supplier.

2. Subsection 10(1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Remedies of consumers

10. (1) Where a consumer has suffered damage as a result of an unfair business practice or unconscionable act or practice, he or she may start an action against a supplier.