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Hire-Purchase Act 1964

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I Amendment of Law relating to Hire-Purchase and Credit-Sale in England and Wales

    1. 1.Extension of application of Hire-Purchase Act 1938

    2. 2.Exclusion of bodies corporate

    3. 3.Requirements relating to hire-purchase agreements and credit-sale agreements

    4. 4.Right of cancellation of certain hire-purchase and credit-sale transactions

    5. 5.Information as to right of cancellation

    6. 6.Service of notice of cancellation

    7. 7.Re-delivery, and interim care, of goods comprised in notice of cancellation

    8. 8.Further consequences of notice of cancellation

    9. 9.Effect of notice of cancellation where goods given in part-exchange

    10. 10.Dealer to be agent of owner or seller in respect of certain representations

    11. 11.Dealer to be agent of owner or seller for receiving certain notices

    12. 12.Implied condition as to merchantable quality in hire-purchase agreements

    13. 13.Implied conditions in hire-purchase by reference to sample or by description

    14. 14.Jurisdiction of county court

    15. 15.Notice of hirer's default

    16. 16.Avoidance of certain provisions relating to death of hirer

    17. 17.Recovery of possession of goods after death of hirer

    18. 18.Powers of court on non-compliance with order for specific delivery of goods

    19. 19.Money claim after order for specific delivery

    20. 20.Provisions as to guarantees and indemnities

    21. 21.Conditional sale agreements

    22. 22.Legibility of documents

    23. 23.Avoidance of provisions and contracts inconsistent with Part I

    24. 24.Interpretation of Part I

  3. PART II Amendment of Law relating to Hire-purchase and Credit-sale in Scotland

    1. 25.Extension of principal Act to Scotland

    2. 26.Extension to Scotland of provisions of Part I

  4. PART III Motor Vehicles on Hire-purchase or Conditional Sale

    1. 27.Protection of purchasers of motor vehicles

    2. 28.Presumptions relating to dealings with motor vehicles

    3. 29.Interpretation of Part III

  5. PART IV Advertisements

    1. 30.Extension of advertisements to which Advertisements (Hire-Purchase) Act 1957 applies

    2. 31.Information to be included in advertisements

    3. 32.Information as to rate of interest or charge

  6. PART V Supplementary Provisions

    1. 33.Supplementary provisions as to regulations, Orders in Council and interpretation

    2. 34.Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

    3. 35.Transitional provisions

    4. 36.Commencement

    5. 37.Short title, citation and extent

  7. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Application of Enactments to Conditional Sale Agreements

      1. PART I Exceptions and Modifications Referred to in Section 21(3)

        1. 1.The provisions of this Part of this Schedule shall have...

        2. 2.(1) Subject to paragraph 4 of this Schedule, the provisions...

        3. 3.In sections 5(c), 11(3) and 14(1) of the principal Act,...

        4. 4.In section 13(1) of the principal Act, for the words...

        5. 5.(1) Where goods have been sold under a conditional sale...

        6. 6.(1) The definitions of "buyer" and "seller" in section 21(1)...

      2. PART II Consequential Exceptions and Modifications

        1. 7.In this Part of this Schedule " conditional sale agreement"...

        2. 8.For the purposes of section 9 of the Factors Act...

        3. 9.(1) Section l1(1)(c) of the Sale of Goods Act 1893...

        4. 10.A conditional sale agreement shall be treated as not being...

        5. 11.In section 9 of the principal Act the reference to...

        6. 12.Section 15 of the principal Act shall have effect where—...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Extension of Hire-Purchase Act 1938 to Scotland

      1. PART I Modifications of Hire-Purchase Act 1938 for Purposes of Extension to Scotland

        1. 1.In the Act of 1938, for any reference to an...

        2. 2.In section 8 of the Act of 1938, for any...

        3. 3.Section 10 of the Act of 1938 shall be omitted....

        4. 4.In section 11 of the Act of 1938,

        5. 5.In section 12 of the Act of 1938,

        6. 6.In section 13 of the Act of 1938, for any...

        7. 7.Sections 16 to 18 of the Act of 1938 shall...

        8. 8.In section 19 of the Act of 1938, the words...

        9. 9.After section 19 of the Act of 1938 there shall...

        10. 10.Section 20 of the Act of 1938 shall be omitted....

        11. 11.In subsection (1) of section 21 of the Act of...

        12. 12.In section 22 of the Act of 1938, subsection (3)...

        13. 13.In the Schedule to the Act of 1938—

      2. PART II Additions to Hire-Purchase Act 1938 for Purposes of Extension to Scotland

        1. 14.In section 1 of the Act of 1938 there shall...

        2. 15.In section 2 of the Act of 1938 there shall...

        3. 16.In section 3 of the Act of 1938 there shall...

        4. 17.After section 13 of the Act of 1938 there shall...

        5. 18.In section 21(1) of the Act of 1938—

      3. PART III Provisions of Hire-Purchase Act 1938 in its application to Scotland

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Schedule to be Inserted in Advertisements (Hire-Purchase) Act 1957

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Enactments amended

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Enactments repealed

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Transitional Provisions (England and Wales)

      1. 1.Section 20 of the principal Act (which provides for the...

      2. 2.The following provisions of Part I of this Act shall,...

      3. 3.Except as provided by paragraph 2 of this Schedule, Part...

      4. 4.(1) In relation to hire-purchase agreements of a class to...

      5. 5.Except as provided by the last preceding paragraph, the principal...

      6. 6.For the purposes of the operation of this Schedule in...

      7. 7.(1) Section 21(1) of the principal Act shall have effect...

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      Transitional Provisions (Scotland)

      1. 1.The following provisions of the Act of 1938 and of...

      2. 2.Except as provided by the last preceding paragraph, the Act...

      3. 3.(1) The following provisions of the Act of 1938 and...

      4. 4.Except as provided by the last preceding paragraph, the Act...

      5. 5.(1) For the purposes of this Schedule—

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