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(1)This Chapter applies to a contract for a trader to supply goods to a consumer.
(2)It applies only if the contract is one of these (defined for the purposes of this Part in sections 5 to 8)—
(a)a sales contract;
(b)a contract for the hire of goods;
(c)a hire-purchase agreement;
(d)a contract for transfer of goods.
(3)It does not apply—
(a)to a contract for a trader to supply coins or notes to a consumer for use as currency;
(b)to a contract for goods to be sold by way of execution or otherwise by authority of law;
(c)to a contract intended to operate as a mortgage, pledge, charge or other security;
(d)in relation to England and Wales or Northern Ireland, to a contract made by deed and for which the only consideration is the presumed consideration imported by the deed;
(e)in relation to Scotland, to a gratuitous contract.
(4)A contract to which this Chapter applies is referred to in this Part as a “contract to supply goods”.
(5)Contracts to supply goods include—
(a)contracts entered into between one part owner and another;
(b)contracts for the transfer of an undivided share in goods;
(c)contracts that are absolute and contracts that are conditional.
(6)Subsection (1) is subject to any provision of this Chapter that applies a section or part of a section to only some of the kinds of contracts listed in subsection (2).
(7)A mixed contract (see section 1(4)) may be a contract of any of those kinds.
Commencement Information
I1S. 3 in force at 1.10.2015 by S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(a) (with art. 6(1))
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