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key terms and definition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ownership and Quiet Posession | The buyer relies on the seller having a proper title and claim on the goods, the buyer trusts the seller to have a legal right to sell. |
| fit for purpose | the product must be fit for its stated or obvious use |
| Enforcing the consumer act | The N.C.A having the power to appoint authorised officers and can look for injunction or prohibition against a trader. |
| Functions of the NCA | To promote and protect the interest and welfare of consumer. To prosecute traders where appropriate. |
| sale by sample | if the goods are sold by sample there is an implied condition that the bulk quality of the goods must correspond to the sample. |
| guarentee | Is a protection for the consumer. The consumer can claim against anybody who owns the goods during the period of the guarantee. |
| merchantable quality | |
| consumer protection act 2007 | the role of the national consumer agency is to promote consumer welfare. This agency is to responsible for investigating , enforcing and encouraging compliance with consumer law |
| its provided for the establishment of the national consumer agency and transferred to the NCA all the powers of the office of the director of consumer affairs which was set up under the consumers information act 1978 | |
| IBEC | Irish business and employers confederation. |
| ICTU | Irish congress of trade union. |
| IFA | Irish farmers of trade union |
| IMI | Irish management institute |
| CAI | consumer agency of ireland |
| ICMSA | Irish creamery milk suppliers association |
| unsolicited goods | inertia selling is a modern selling technique. it consists of sending goods to people who have not ordered them and seeking payment later for the unsolicited good |
| when unsolicited good can be kept | the consumer writes a letter saying he/she do not want to keep these goods, the consumer didn't stop the company collecting the goods |