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ELIZABETH II
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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:—
Part I
Contracts to Which Act Applies
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.
(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.
Part II
Formation of the Contract
Contract of sale
Contract of sale. 2.—(1) A contract of sale of goods is a contract by which the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a money consideration, called the price.
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