The Warranty of Good Working Order for Consumer ...
The article describes how Quebec Bill 29 added a new legal warranty—“the warranty of good working order for consumer goods”—to section 38.1 of the Quebec Consumer Protection Act (CPA). It aims to provide clearer rules about what warranties must cover and what remedies consumers may have when consumer goods don’t perform as expected.
AppleCare+ is an additional, contractual protection layer, but Quebec’s mandated consumer warranty requirements could affect how Apple (and resellers) must structure and disclose warranty/repair obligations for covered devices in Quebec. This regulation may limit the extent to which AppleCare+ can be used to disclaim or override certain statutory warranty protections, and it could increase the baseline rights consumers have for repairs/replacements under Quebec law even outside of AppleCare+.
As mentioned in our blog post from October 2023, Bill 29 introduced, at section 38.1 of the Québec Consumer Protection Act (“CPA”), a new legal warranty called ...
Country
Canada
Region
The United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico
Discovered
8/2/2026
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English