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Trade Descriptions Act 1968

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 55 Cited in Amendments 403 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
(1) (2) Sections 2 to 4 shall have effect for the interpretation of expressions used in this Act quantity, size or gauge;method of manufacture, production, processing or reconditioning;composition;fitness for purpose, strength, performance, behaviour or accuracy;any physical characteristics not included in the preceding paragraphs;testing by any person and results thereof;approval by any person or conformity with a type approved by any person;person by whom manufactured, produced, processed or reconditioned;other history, including previous ownership or use.in relation to any animal, to include sex, breed or cross, fertility and soundness;in relation to any semen, to include the identity and characteristics of the animal from which it was taken and measure of dilution.(3) In this section “quantity” includes length, width, height, area, volume, capacity, weight and number.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .the the the the The Consumer Protection Act 1987;the Plant Varieties Act 1997;where provision is made under F11the Food Safety Act 1990 or the F12Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991F13or the Consumer Protection Act 1987 prohibiting the application of a description except to goods in the case of which the requirements specified in that provision are complied with, that description, when applied to such goods, shall be deemed not to be a trade description. where by virtue of any provision F53of Chapter 1 of Part 13 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 anything which, in accordance with this Act, constitutes the application of a trade description to goods is subject to any requirements or restrictions imposed by that provision, any particular description specified in that provision, when applied to goods in circumstances to which those requirements or restrictions are applicable, shall be deemed not to be a trade description.(c)

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