PART 1Consumer contracts for goods, digital content and services

CHAPTER 1Introduction

I11Where Part 1 applies

1

This Part applies where there is an agreement between a trader and a consumer for the trader to supply goods, digital content or services, if the agreement is a contract.

2

It applies whether the contract is written or oral or implied from the parties' conduct, or more than one of these combined.

3

Any of Chapters 2, 3 and 4 may apply to a contract—

a

if it is a contract for the trader to supply goods, see Chapter 2;

b

if it is a contract for the trader to supply digital content, see Chapter 3 (also, subsection (6));

c

if it is a contract for the trader to supply a service, see Chapter 4 (also, subsection (6)).

4

In each case the Chapter applies even if the contract also covers something covered by another Chapter (a mixed contract).

5

Two or all three of those Chapters may apply to a mixed contract.

6

For provisions about particular mixed contracts, see—

a

section 15 (goods and installation);

b

section 16 (goods and digital content).

7

For other provision applying to contracts to which this Part applies, see Part 2 (unfair terms).