PART 1 U.K. Consumer contracts for goods, digital content and services

CHAPTER 4 U.K. Services

What statutory rights are there under a services contract? U.K.

49 Service to be performed with reasonable care and skill U.K.

(1) Every contract to supply a service is to be treated as including a term that the trader must perform the service with reasonable care and skill.

(2) See section 54 for a consumer's rights if the trader is in breach of a term that this section requires to be treated as included in a contract.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 49 in force at 1.10.2015 for specified purposes by S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(c) (with art. 6(1))

I2 S. 49 in force at 1.10.2016 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2015/1630, art. 4(b) (with art. 6(2)) (as amended by S.I. 2016/484, art. 2)