Enacted Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means 44/2022 Official bill number / year
Consumer Rights Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Introduced
- 22 Apr 2022
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Consolidates consumer rights for goods sales, digital content/services, and non-digital services. Implements EU directives on goods sales, digital contracts, and consumer protection enforcement.
- Requires traders to deliver goods conforming to contract; consumers can repair, replace, reduce price, or terminate within specified periods if goods lack conformity.
- Amends Consumer Protection Act 2007 to strengthen enforcement powers; amends Consumer Credit Act 1995 to cover hire-purchase and consumer-hire agreements.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil22 Apr 2022
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil22 Apr 2022
- Committee Stage 33rd Dáil11 May 2022
- Report Stage 33rd Dáil29 Jun 2022
- Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil29 Jun 2022
- Second Stage 26th Seanad29 Jun 2022
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad11 Oct 2022
- Report Stage 26th Seanad19 Oct 2022
- Fifth Stage 26th Seanad26 Oct 2022
- Enacted7 Nov 2022
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