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Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017
29Requiring action to be taken by seller of unsafe electrical articles or gas appliances
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#### 29 Requiring action to be taken by seller of unsafe electrical articles or gas appliances
29 Requiring action to be taken by seller of unsafe electrical articles or gas appliances
> > (1) The Secretary may, by written notice served on any person (the seller) whose business is or includes the sale of electrical articles or gas appliances and who has sold an electrical article or a gas appliance, require the seller to take the action specified in the notice within the time so specified.
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> > (2) The Secretary may issue a notice under this section only if the Secretary believes on reasonable grounds that—
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> > > (a) the electrical article or model of electrical article, or the gas appliance, is, or is likely to become, unsafe to use because of its design or construction, and
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> > > (b) specific action is necessary to make the electrical article or gas appliance safe to use or to render safe the use of that electrical article or gas appliance.
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> > (3) Without limiting the action that may be specified for the purposes of the notice, action may consist of or include—
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> > > (a) sending a written request to a person to whom the electrical article or gas appliance was sold by the seller to return the article or appliance to the place at which it was sold, and
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> > > (b) making the electrical article or gas appliance safe to use or rendering safe the use of the electrical article or gas appliance, in the manner specified in the notice.
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> > (4) The Secretary or the Minister may (whether or not on application of the seller) alter the requirements of a notice under this section or revoke the notice by further written notice served on the seller.