PART IVFertilisers and Feeding Stuffs
Obligations relating to material sold and prepared for sale
72Warranty of fitness of feeding stuff
1
On the sale of any material for use as a feeding stuff there shall be implied a warranty by the seller that the material is suitable to be used as such ; but—
a
if the material is sold as suitable only for animals of a particular description, no warranty shall be implied by virtue of this subsection that the material is suitable for other animals; and
b
if the material is sold to be used as a feeding stuff only after being mixed with something else, no warranty shall be implied as aforesaid that the material is suitable to be so used without being so mixed.
2
On the sale of any material of a prescribed description for use as a feeding stuff there shall be implied a warranty by the seller that the material does not, except as stated in the statutory statement, contain any ingredient prescribed for the purposes of this subsection.
3
This section shall have effect notwithstanding any contract or notice to the contrary ; but in Scotland a contract of sale may not be treated as repudiated by reason only of a breach of such a warranty as is referred to in subsection (1) or (2) of this section.