Sale of Goods Act 1979

1 Contracts to which Act applies.U.K.

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

(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.

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

(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.

[F1(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.

(6)Where that is the case it is indicated in the section concerned.]