Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “authorised officer” means a person authorised in writing by the Minister to assist the enforcement authority in carrying out its functions under this Act; “certificate of authority” means such certificate of identity and authority as the Minister may issue to an authorised officer; “credit sale agreement” has the same meaning as in the Hire-Purchase and Credit Sale Act; “drug” has the same meaning as in the Pharmacy Act; “enforcement authority” means the Ministry; “Export Processing Zone Certificate” means a certificate issued under the Industrial Expansion Act; “food” has the same meaning as in the Food Act; “goods” includes substances, growing crops and things comprised in land by virtue of being attached to it and any machinery or vehicle; “hire-purchase agreement” has the same meaning as in the Hire Purchase and Credit Sale Act; C41 – 1 [Issue 7] Consumer Protection Act “information” includes accounts, estimates and returns; “mark” has the same meaning as in the Patents, Industrial Designs and Trade Marks Act; “medicine” has the same meaning as in the Pharmacy Act; “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of consumer protection is assigned; “motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act; “notice” means a notice in writing; “prohibition notice” means a notice under section 5; “record” includes any book or document and any record in nondocumentary form; “safety regulations” means safety regulations made under section 4; “substance”— (a) means any natural or artificial substance, whether in solid, liquid or gaseous form, or in the form of a vapour; and (b) includes substances that are comprised in or mixed with other goods; “supply”, in relation to goods— (a) means any transaction by way of trade, whether for money or for money’s worth; and (b) includes— (i) an exchange of goods, a credit sale agreement, a hire purchase agreement and giving the goods as a prize or otherwise as a gift; and (ii) offering to supply, exposing for supply or being in possession for supply; “tobacco”— (a) has the same meaning as in the National Agricultural Products Regulatory Office Act; and (b) includes any article or substance containing tobacco and intended for oral or nasal use.