Hire-Purchase Act 1969 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Form and Contents of Regulated Agreements
4. Copy of documents to be served on hirer
Feedback & supportThe owner shall serve or cause to be served on the hirer within 7 business days after the making of a regulated agreement —
owner
“owner” means a person by whom goods are bailed to a hirer under a hire‑purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement and includes a person whom the owner’s rights or liabilities under the agreement have passed by assignment or by operation of law;
a copy of the agreement; and
a notice, which is at least as prominent as the rest of the contents of the agreement, in the terms prescribed in the Third Schedule.
Where any part of the total amount payable consists of an amount paid or to be paid under a policy of insurance in respect of the goods, the owner shall serve or cause to be served on the hirer within 7 days of receipt of the policy, a copy of the policy or statement in writing setting out the terms, conditions and exclusions of the policy that affect the rights of the hirer.
goods
“goods” includes any replacement or renewal by the hirer of any part or parts of any goods and any accessory added or addition made to any goods by the hirer during the period of the hiring;