Hire-Purchase Act 1969 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Hirers
12. Passing of right, title and interest by operation of law
Feedback & supportThe right, title and interest of a hirer under a regulated agreement shall be capable of passing by operation of law to the personal representative of the hirer and if the hirer is a company the liquidator may exercise the same right under the agreement as the company.
hirer
“hirer” means the person who takes or has taken goods from an owner under a hire‑purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement and includes a person to whom the hirer’s rights or liabilities under the agreement have passed by assignment or by operation of law;
Nothing in this section shall relieve any personal representative or liquidator from compliance with the provisions of the regulated agreement.
regulated agreement
“regulated agreement” means a hire-purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement which relates to the goods specified in the First Schedule, but does not include any agreement in which the hirer is engaged in the trade or business of selling goods of the same nature or description as the goods comprised in the agreement;