Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982

2 (1) If section 9 of this Act comes into operation before paragraph 35 of Schedule 4 to the 1974 Act (which, among other things, amends section 10(3) of the 1973 Act so as to make it refer to credit-brokers), then, until the paragraph comes into operation, section 9 of this Act shall have effect with the modifications set out in sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) below. U.K.

(2) For subsection (4) substitute:—

“(4) Subsection (5) below applies where, under a [F1 relevant contract for the hire of goods], the bailor bails goods in the course of a business and the bailee, expressly or by implication, makes known to the bailor or the person by whom any antecedent negotiations are conducted any particular purpose for which the goods are being bailed.”

(3) In subsection (6), for “credit-broker” substitute “person by whom the antecedent negotiations are conducted”.

(4) After subsection (9) insert:—

“(10) Section 58(3) and (5) of the Hire-Purchase Act 1965 (meaning of antecedent negotiations and related expressions) apply, with the appropriate modifications, in relation to sub-sections (4) to (6) above as in relation to that Act.”

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Act substituted (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 1 para. 38(b); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(g) (with art. 6(1))