1 The contracts concerned.E+W+N.I.
(1)In this Act [F1in its application to England and Wales and Northern Ireland]a “[F2relevant contract for the transfer of goods]” means a contract under which one person transfers or agrees to transfer to another the property in goods, other than an excepted contract[F3, and other than a contract to which Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies.]
(2)For the purposes of this section an excepted contract means any of the following:—
(a)a contract of sale of goods;
(b)a hire-purchase agreement;
(c)F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)a transfer or agreement to transfer which is made by deed and for which there is no consideration other than the presumed consideration imported by the deed;
(e)a contract intended to operate by way of mortgage, pledge, charge or other security.
(3)For the purposes of this Act [F1in its application to England and Wales and Northern Ireland]a contract is a [F2relevant contract for the transfer of goods] whether or not services are also provided or to be provided under the contract, and (subject to subsection (2) above) whatever is the nature of the consideration for the transfer or agreement to transfer.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 1(1)(3) inserted (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 35, ss. 7, 8(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(2) (with s. 8(3))
F2Words in Act substituted (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 1 para. 38(a); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(g) (with art. 6(1))
F3Words in s. 1(1) inserted (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 1 para. 39; S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(g) (with art. 6(1))
F4S. 1(2)(c) omitted (E.W.) (6.4.2005) by virtue of The Regulatory Reform (Trading Stamps) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/871) {art. 5(a)}; and repealed (N.I.) (15.11.2005) by The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1452 (N.I. 7)), arts. 1(2), 21(2)(a), 24, Sch. 2; S.R. 2005/494, art. 2(1)(b)(d)