Section 1: Contracts to which Act applies.

Sale of Goods Act 1979 · 1979 c.54

Part I: Contracts to Which Act Applies

1(1)

This Act applies to contracts of sale of goods made on or after (but not to those made before) 1 January 1894.

1(2)

In relation to contracts made on certain dates, this Act applies subject to the modification of certain of its sections as mentioned in Schedule 1 below.

1(3)

Any such modification is indicated in the section concerned by a reference to Schedule 1 below.

1(4)

Accordingly, where a section does not contain such a reference, this Act applies in relation to the contract concerned without such modification of the section.

1(5)

Certain sections or subsections of this Act do not apply to a contract to which Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies.

1(6)

Where that is the case it is indicated in the section concerned.

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