(1) In this Act -
"Act of 1893" means the Sale of Goods Act, 1893;
"business" includes profession and the activities of any State authority or local authority;
"consumer-hire agreement" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) of the Consumer Credit Act, 1995;
"deals as consumer" shall be construed in accordance with section 3;
"fair and reasonable" shall be construed in accordance with subsection (3);
"hire-purchase agreement" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 (1) of the Consumer Credit Act, 1995;
"the Minister" means the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism;
"service" does not include meteorological or aviation services provided by the Minister for Transport or anything done under a contract of service;
"State authority" means a Minister of the Government, the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and the Irish Land Commission.
(2) A reference in this Act to the supply of a service includes reference to the rendering or provision of a service or facility and
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