Section 34: Buyer's right of examining the goods.

Sale of Goods Act 1979 · 1979 c. 54View on legislation.gov.uk

Part IV: Performance of the Contract

. . . Unless otherwise agreed, when the seller tenders delivery of goods to the buyer, he is bound on request to afford the buyer a reasonable opportunity of examining the goods for the purpose of ascertaining whether they are in conformity with the contract and, in the case of a contract for sale by sample, of comparing the bulk with the sample.

Nothing in this section affects the operation of section 22 (time limit for short-term right to reject) of the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

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