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FABRICS (MISDESCRIPTION) ACT 1913

FABRICS (MISDESCRIPTION) ACT 1913 - LONG TITLE

An Act to prevent the Misdescription of Fabrics.
[15th August 1913]
Prohibition of sale with misleading description as to inflammability.

FABRICS (MISDESCRIPTION) ACT 1913 - SECT 1

1. It shall not be lawful for any person to sell, or expose, or
have in his possession for sale, any textile fabric either in the
piece, or made up into garments, or in any other form, to which
is attributed expressly or inferentially the quality of
non-inflammability, or safety from fire, or any degree of such
quality of non-inflammability or safety from fire

(1)by wording or marking, descriptive or otherwise

(a)upon the material; or

(b)upon any wrapper or band; or

<(c)contained in any letterpress or writing referring to the material; or

(2)by verbal representation at the time of sale;

Power of Secretary of State to make regulations.

FABRICS (MISDESCRIPTION) ACT 1913 - SECT 2

2. All regulations made by the Lord Lieutenant under this Act shall
be laid before Parliament as soon as may be after they are made,
....

FABRICS (MISDESCRIPTION) ACT 1913 - SECT 3
Cases where vendors purchase under warranty.

3. Where in any proceedings against a person charged with an
offence under this Act, it is proved that an offence under this
Act has been committed, but that the person charged with the
offence

(a)purchased the textile fabric in respect of which the offence was
committed from a person resident within the United Kingdom who sold
the textile fabric under a warranty that it complied with the
prescribed standard of non-inflammability; and

(b)took reasonable steps to ascertain, and did in fact believe in,
the accuracy of the statement contained in the warranty;

Material found in possession deemed to be for sale.

FABRICS (MISDESCRIPTION) ACT 1913 - SECT 4

4. Where a person is charged with having textile fabric in his
possession in contravention of this Act, any such material proved in
the proceedings to have been found in his possession shall be
deemed to be intended for sale as aforesaid unless the contrary is
proved.

FABRICS (MISDESCRIPTION) ACT 1913 - SECT 5
Powers and duties of local authorities.

5.(1) It shall be the duty of every local authority to enforce the
provisions of this Act within their district, ....

S.6 rep. by SL(R) 1977. S.8 (application to Ireland)

FABRICS (MISDESCRIPTION) ACT 1913 - SECT 9
Short title.

9. This Act may be cited as the Fabrics (Misdescription) Act, 1913,
....