(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;