Sale of Goods Act 1979
Sale of Goods Act 1979 (1979 c. 54)
- Sale of Goods Act 1979 (1979 c. 54)
- Part I Contracts to Which Act Applies
- 1 Contracts to which Act applies.
- Part II Formation of the Contract
- Contract of sale
- 2 Contract of sale.
- 3 Capacity to buy and sell.
- Formalities of contract
- 4 How contract of sale is made.
- Subject matter of contract
- 5 Existing or future goods.
- 6 Goods which have perished.
- 7 Goods perishing before sale but after agreement to sell.
- The price
- 8 Ascertainment of price.
- 9 Agreement to sell at valuation.
- Implied terms etc.
- 10 Stipulations about time.
- 11 When condition to be treated as warranty.
- 12 Implied terms about title, etc.
- 13 Sale by description.
- 14 Implied terms about quality or fitness.
- Sale by sample
- 15 Sale by sample.
- Miscellaneous
- 15A Modification of remedies for breach of condition in non-consumer cases.
- 15B Remedies for breach of contract as respects Scotland.
- Part III Effects of the Contract
- Transfer of property as between seller and buyer
- 16 Goods must be ascertained.
- 17 Property passes when intended to pass.
- 18 Rules for ascertaining intention.
- Rule 1.
- Rule 2.
- Rule 3.
- Rule 4.
- Rule 5.
- 19 Reservation of right of disposal.
- 20 Passing of risk.
- 20A Undivided shares in goods forming part of a bulk.
- 20B Deemed consent by co-owner to dealings in bulk goods.
- Transfer of title
- 21 Sale by person not the owner.
- 22 Market overt.
- 23 Sale under voidable title.
- 24 Seller in possession after sale.
- 25 Buyer in possession after sale.
- 26 Supplementary to sections 24 and 25.
- Part IV Performance of the Contract
- 27 Duties of seller and buyer.
- 28 Payment and delivery are concurrent conditions.
- 29 Rules about delivery.
- 30 Delivery of wrong quantity.
- 31 Instalment deliveries.
- 32 Delivery to carrier.
- 33 Risk where goods are delivered at distant place.
- 34 Buyer’s right of examining the goods.
- 35 Acceptance.
- 35A Right of partial rejection.
- 36 Buyer not bound to return rejected goods.
- 37 Buyer’s liability for not taking delivery of goods.
- Part V Rights of Unpaid Seller Against the Goods
- Preliminary
- 38 Unpaid seller defined.
- 39 Unpaid seller’s rights.
- 40 Attachment by seller in Scotland.
- Unpaid seller’s lien
- 41 Seller’s lien.
- 42 Part delivery.
- 43 Termination of lien.
- Stoppage in transit
- 44 Right of stoppage in transit.
- 45 Duration of transit.
- 46 How stoppage in transit is effected.
- Re-sale etc. by buyer
- 47 Effect of sub-sale etc. by buyer.
- Rescission: and re-sale by seller
- 48 Rescission: and re-sale by seller.
- PART 5A ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF BUYER IN CONSUMER CASES
- 48A Introductory
- 48B Repair or replacement of the goods
- 48C Reduction of purchase price or rescission of contract
- 48D Relation to other remedies etc.
- 48E Powers of the court
- 48F Conformity with the contract
- Part VI Actions for Breach of the Contract
- Seller’s remedies
- 49 Action for price.
- 50 Damages for non-acceptance.
- Buyer’s remedies
- 51 Damages for non-delivery.
- 52 Specific performance.
- 53 Remedy for breach of warranty.
- 53A Measure of damages as respects Scotland.
- Interest, etc.
- 54 Interest, etc.
- Part VII Supplementary
- 55 Exclusion of implied terms.
- 56 Conflict of laws.
- 57 Auction sales.
- 58 Payment into court in Scotland.
- 59 Reasonable time a question of fact.
- 60 Rights etc. enforceable by action.
- 61 Interpretation.
- 62 Savings: rules of law etc.
- 63 Consequential amendments, repeals and savings.
- 64 Short title and commencement.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Modification of Act for Certain Contracts
- Preliminary
- Section 11: condition treated as warranty
- Section 12: implied terms about title etc.
- Section 13: sale by description
- Section 14: quality or fitness (i)
- Section 14: quality or fitness (ii)
- Section 15: sale by sample
- Section 22: market overt
- Section 25: buyer in possession
- Section 35: acceptance
- Section 55: exclusion of implied terms (i)
- Section 55: exclusion of implied terms (ii)
- Section 56: conflict of laws
- Section 61(1): definition of “business” (i)
- Section 61(1): definition of “business” (ii)
- SCHEDULE 2 Consequential Amendments
- Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943 (6 & 7 Geo. 6 c. 40)
- Frustrated Contracts Act (Northern Ireland) 1947 (c. 2)
- Hire-Purchase Act 1964 (c. 53)
- Hire-Purchase Act 1965 (c. 66)
- Hire-Purchase (Scotland) Act 1965 (c. 67)
- Hire-Purchase Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 42)
- Uniform Laws on International Sales Act 1967 (c. 45)
- Supply of Goods (Implied Terms) Act 1973 (c. 13)
- Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39)
- Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (c. 50)
- SCHEDULE 3 Repeals
- SCHEDULE 4 Savings
- Preliminary
- Orders
- Offences
- 1893 Act, section 26
- Things done before 1 January 1894
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