Sch. 1
- (2) Nothing in subsection (1) above prevents the parties to a contract for the international sale of goods from negativing or varying any right, duty or liability which would otherwise arise by implication of law under sections 12 to 15 above.
- (3) In subsection (2) above “contract for the international sale of goods” means a contract of sale of goods made by parties whose places of business (or, if they have none, habitual residences) are in the territories of different States (the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man being treated for this purpose as different States from the United Kingdom) and in the case of which one of the following conditions is satisfied:—
- (a) the contract involves the sale of goods which are at the time of the conclusion of the contract in the course of carriage or will be carried from the territory of one State to the territory of another; ог
- (b) the acts constituting the offer and acceptance have been effected in the territories of different States; ог
- (c) delivery of the goods is to be made in the territory of a State other than that within whose territory the acts constituting the offer and the acceptance have been effected.
Section 61(1): definition of “business” (i)
14. In relation to a contract made on or after 18 May 1973 and before 1 February 1978, in the definition of business in section 61(1) for “or local or public authority” substitute “, local authority or statutory undertaker”.
Section 61(1): definition of “business” (ii)
15. In relation to a contract made before 18 May 1973 omit the definition of “business” in section 61(1).
Section 63.SCHEDULE 2
Consequential Amendments
War Risks Insurance Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6 c. 57)
1. In section 15(1)(e) of the War Risks Insurance Act 1939 for “section sixty-two of the Sale of Goods Act 1893” substitute “section 61 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979”.
Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943 (6 & 7 Geo. 6 c. 40)
2. In section 2(5)(c) of the Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943 for “section seven of the Sale of Goods Act 1893” substitute “section 7 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979”.
