In this Chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:
Director: The Director of the Office of Consumer Protection.
Electrical appliances: The following equipment used or intended for use in the home: Air conditioners, dishwashers, dryers, freezers, furnaces, garbage, disposals, ranges, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners and washing machines.
Office: The Office of Consumer Protection.
Radio and television equipment: Any device or instrument used or intended for personal use by the consumer for the transmission, reception or amplification of sounds, pictures or images by means of electrical impulses, including radios, televisions, amplifiers, pre-amplifiers, phonographs, tape recorders and tape players and any component part thereof. (1975 L.M.C., ch. 5, § 1; 1980 L.M.C., ch. 35, § 1; 1996 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 1.)
Sec. 2. Regulations. A regulation which implements a function transferred to the Office of Consumer Protection by this Act continues in effect until otherwise amended or repealed, but any reference to any predecessor department or office must be treated as referring to the Office of Consumer Protection.
Sec. 3. Transition. This act does not invalidate or affect any action taken by the Department of Housing and Community Affairs before this Act took effect. Any responsibility or right granted by law, regulation, contract, or other document, and which is associated with a function transferred by this Act from the Department of Housing and Community Affairs, is transferred to the Office of Consumer Protection.