COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 2014

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 29/2014
• Year: 2014

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Number 29 of 2014

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COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 2014

REVISED

Updated to 29 November 2022

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This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Consumer Rights Act 2022 (37/2022), enacted 7 November 2022, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Consumer Rights Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 596 of 2022), made 28 November 2022, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

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Number 29 of 2014

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COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 2014

REVISED

Updated to 29 November 2022

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Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Consumer Rights Act 2022 (37/2022)

• Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022)

• Hallmarking (Amendment) Act 2019 (2/2019)

• Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018)

All Acts up to and including Consumer Rights Act 2022 (37/2022), enacted 7 November 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• European Union (Promoting Fairness and Transparency for Business Users of Online Intermediation Services) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 256 of 2020)

• European Union (Cooperation Between National Authorities Responsible for the Enforcement of Consumer Protection Laws) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 14 of 2020)

• European Union (Cooperation Between National Authorities Responsible for the Enforcement of Consumer Protection Laws) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 691 of 2019)

• European Union (Unjustified Geoblocking of Consumers) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 513 of 2018)

• European Union (Appliances Burning Gaseous Fuels) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 126 of 2018)

• Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Staff Superannuation Scheme 2016 (S.I. No. 593 of 2016)

• European Union (Online Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 500 of 2015)

• European Union (Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 343 of 2015)

• Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 401 of 2014)

• Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (Establishment Day) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 367 of 2014)

• Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 366 of 2014)

All statutory instruments up to and including Consumer Rights Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 596 of 2022), made 28 November 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

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Number 29 of 2014

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COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 2014

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Updated to 29 November 2022

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Acts Referred to

Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005

Broadcasting Act 2009 (No. 18)

Carer’s Leave Act 2001 (No. 19)

Central Bank Act 1942 (No. 22)

Central Bank Reform Act 2010 (No. 23)

Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24)

Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011 (No. 3)

Communications Regulation (Amendment) Act 2007 (No. 22)

Companies Act 1990 (No. 33)

Companies Acts

Competition (Amendment) Act 1996 (No. 19)

Competition (Amendment) Act 2012 (No. 18)

Competition Act 1991 (No. 24)

Competition Act 2002 (No. 14)

Competition Acts 2002 to 2012

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 (No. 8)

Consumer Protection Act 2007 (No. 19)

Courts Act 1964 (No. 11)

Criminal Justice (Search Warrants) Act 2012 (No. 33)

Criminal Justice Act 1984 (No. 22)

Criminal Justice Act 2011 (No. 22)

Criminal Law Act 1976 (No. 32)

Defence Act 1954 (No. 18)

European Parliament Elections Act 1997 (No. 2)

Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23)

Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37)

Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004

Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005

Offences Against the State Act 1939 (No. 13)

Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 (No. 20)

Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006

Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (No. 46)

Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vic, c. 93)

Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 (No. 29)

Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (No. 45)

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (No. 33)

Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (No. 37)

Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2012

Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2012

Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007

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Number 29 of 2014

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COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 2014

REVISED

Updated to 29 November 2022

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An Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known in the Irish language as An Coimisiún um Iomaíocht agus Cosaint Tomhaltóirí or in the English language the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, to provide for the dissolution of the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency, to amend the law relating to media mergers and for that and other purposes to amend the Competition Act 2002, the Central Bank Act 1942, the Consumer Protection Act 2007, the Criminal Justice Act 2011 and the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011, and to provide for related matters. [28 th July, 2014]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

PART 1

Preliminary and General

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Short title, collective citations, construction and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014.

(2) The Competition Acts 2002 to 2012 and Parts 3 and 4 may be cited together as the Competition Acts 2002 to 2014 and shall be construed together as one Act.

(3) The Consumer Protection Act 2007 and Parts 5 and 6 may be cited together as the Consumer Protection Acts 2007 and 2014 and shall be construed together as one Act.

(4) The Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011 and section 89 may be cited together as the Communications (Retention of Data) Acts 2011 and 2014 and shall be construed together as one Act.

(5) This Act, other than Part 4, shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions, and for the repeal of different provisions effected by section 7.

(6) Part 4 shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

Annotations:

Editorial Notes:

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Power pursuant to subs. (6) exercised (31.10.2014) by Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 401 of 2014), art. 2.

2. The 31st day of October 2014 is appointed as the day on which Part 4 of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (No. 29 of 2014) shall come into operation.

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Power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (1.08.2014, 31.10.2014) by Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 366 of 2014), arts. 2, 3.

2. The 1st day of August 2014 is appointed as the day on which section 8 of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (No. 29 of 2014) shall come into operation.

3. The 31st day of October 2014 is appointed as the day on which Parts 1, 2 (other than section 8), 3, 5, 6 and 7 of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (No. 29 of 2014) shall come into operation.

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Interpretation

2. In this Act—

“Act of 2002” means the Competition Act 2002;

“Act of 2007” means the Consumer Protection Act 2007;

“authorised officer” shall be construed in accordance with section 35;

“Commission” has the meaning assigned to it by section 9;

“contravention” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of...