Sale of Goods Act 1979

PART IContracts to Which Act Applies

1Contracts to which Act applies

PART IIFormation of the Contract

Contract of sale

2Contract of sale

3Capacity to buy and sell

Formalities of contract

4How contract of sale is made

Subject matter of contract

5Existing or future goods

6Goods which have perished

7Goods perishing before sale but after agreement to sell

8Ascertainment of price

9Agreement to sell at valuation

Conditions and warranties

10Stipulations about time

11When condition to be treated as warranty

12Implied terms about title, etc.

13Sale by description

14Implied terms about quality or fitness

15Sale by sample

PART IIIEffects of the Contract

Transfer of property as between seller and buyer

16Goods must be ascertained

17Property passes when intended to pass

18Rules for ascertaining intention

19Reservation of right of disposal

20Risk prima facie passes with property

Transfer of title

21Sale by person not the owner

23Sale under voidable title

24Seller in possession after sale

25Buyer in possession after sale

26Supplementary to sections 24 and 25

PART IVPerformance of the Contract

27Duties of seller and buyer

28Payment and delivery are concurrent conditions

29Rules about delivery

30Delivery of wrong quantity

31Instalment deliveries

32Delivery to carrier

33Risk where goods are delivered at distant place

34Buyer's right of examining the goods

36Buyer not bound to return rejected goods

37Buyer's liability for not taking delivery of goods

PART VRights of Unpaid Seller Against the Goods

38Unpaid seller denned

39Unpaid seller's rights

40Attachment by seller in Scotland

Unpaid seller's lien

41Seller's lien.

42Part delivery.

43Termination of lien

Stoppage in transit

44Right of stoppage in transit

45Duration of transit

46How stoppage in transit is effected

Re-sale etc. by buyer

47Effect of sub-sale etc. by buyer

Rescission: and re-sale by seller

48Rescission : and re-sale by seller

PART VIActions for Breach of the Contract

Seller's remedies

49Action for price

50Damages for non-acceptance

Buyer's remedies

51Damages for non-delivery

52Specific performance

53Remedy for breach of warranty

54Interest, etc.

PART VIISupplementary

55Exclusion of implied terms

56Conflict of laws

57Auction sales

58Payment into court in Scotland

59Reasonable time a question of fact

60Rights etc. enforceable by action

61Interpretation

62Savings: rules of law etc.

63Consequential amendments, repeals and savings

64Short title and commencement

SCHEDULE 1Modification of Act for Certain Contracts

1(1) This Schedule modifies this Act as it applies to...

Section 11: condition treated as warranty

2In relation to a contract made before 22 April 1967...

Section 12: implied terms about title etc.

3In relation to a contract made before 18 May 1973...

Section 13: sale by description

4In relation to a contract made before 18 May 1973,...

Section 14: quality or fitness (i)

5In relation to a contract made on or after 18...

Section 14: quality or fitness (ii)

6In relation to a contract made before 18 May 1973...

Section 15: sale by sample

7In relation to a contract made before 18 May 1973,...

Section 22: market overt

8In relation to a contract under which goods were sold...

Section 25: buyer in possession

9In relation to a contract under which a person buys...

Section 35: acceptance

10In relation to a contract made before 22 April 1967...

Section 55: exclusion of implied terms (i)

11In relation to a contract made on or after 18...

Section 55: exclusion of implied terms (ii)

12In relation to a contract made before 18 May 1973...

Section 56: conflict of laws

13(1) in relation to a contract made on or after...

Section 61(1): definition of " business " (i)

14In relation to a contract made on or after 18...

Section 61(1): definition of " business " (ii)

15In relation to a contract made before 18 May 1973...

SCHEDULE 2Consequential Amendments

War Risks Insurance Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6 c.57)

1In section 15(1)(e) of the War Risks Insurance Act 1939...

Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943 (6 & 7 Geo. 6 c. 40)

2In section 2(5)(c) of the Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts Act...

Frustrated Contracts Act (Northern Ireland) 1947 (c.2)

3In section 2(5)(c) of the Frustrated Contracts Act (Northern Ireland)...

Hire-Purchase Act 1964 (c. 53)

4In section 27(5) of the Hire-Purchase Act 1964 (as originally...

Hire-Purchase Act 1965 (c. 66)

5In section 20 of the Hire-Purchase Act 1965—

6In section 54 of the Hire-Purchase Act 1965 for "...

7In Section 58(1) of the Hire-Purchase Act 1965 for "...

Hire-Purchase (Scotland) Act 1965 (c. 67)

8In section 20 of the Hire-Purchase (Scotland) Act 1965 for...

9In section 50 of the Hire-Purchase (Scotland) Act 1965 for...

10In section 54(1) of the Hire-Purchase (Scotland) Act 1965 for...

Hire-Purchase Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 42)

11In section 20 of the Hire-Purchase Act (Northern Ireland) 1966—...

12In section 54 of the Hire-Purchase Act (Northern Ireland) 1966...

13In section 62(5) of the Hire-Purchase Act (Northern Ireland) 1966...

14In section 65(1) of the Hire-Purchase Act (Northern Ireland) 1966...

Uniform Laws on International Sales Act 1967 (c. 45)

15For section 1(4) of the Uniform Laws on International Sales...

Supply of Goods (Implied Terms) Act 1973 (c. 13)

16In section 14(1) of the Supply of Goods (Implied Terms)...

17For the definition of " consumer sale" in section 15(1)...

Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c.39)

18In section 189(1) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974, in...

Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (c. 50)

19In section 6 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977—...

20In section 14 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977,...

21In section 20(1)(a) and (2)(a) of the Unfair Contract Terms...

22In section 25(1) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977,...

SCHEDULE 3Repeals

SCHEDULE 4Savings

1In this Schedule references to the 1893 Act are to...

2An order under section 14(8) or 25(4) above may make...

3Where an offence was committed in relation to goods before...

1893 Act, section 26

4The repeal by this Act of provisions of the 1893...

Things done before 1 January 1894

5The repeal by this Act of section 60 of and...

6In so far as the 1893 Act applied (immediately before...

Sale of Goods Act 1979

1979 Chapter 54

An Act to consolidate the law relating to the sale of goods.

[6th December 1979]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—