New Zealand Legislation: Acts

12 Guarantee as to repairs and spare parts

• (1) Subject to sections 41 and 42, where goods are first supplied to a consumer in New Zealand (whether or not that supply is the first-ever supply of the goods), there is a guarantee that the manufacturer will take reasonable action to ensure that facilities for repair of the goods and supply of parts for the goods are reasonably available for a reasonable period after the goods are so supplied.

  (2) Part 3 gives the consumer a right of redress against the manufacturer where the goods fail to comply with the guarantee in this section.

  Compare: Trade Practices Act 1974 s 74F(1) (Aust); Consumer Products Warranties Act 1977 s 11(8) (Saskatchewan)