Supply of Goods Act 1982 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1
5A. Modification of remedies for breach of statutory condition in non-consumer contracts for transfer of goods
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contract for the transfer of goods
“contract for the transfer of goods” means a contract under which one person transfers or agrees to transfer to another the property in goods, other than an excepted contract.(2) For the purposes of this section, an excepted contract means any of the following:(a)a contract of sale of goods;(b)a hire-purchase agreement;(c)a transfer or agreement to transfer which is made by deed and for which there is no consideration other than the presumed consideration imported by the deed;(d)a contract intended to operate by way of mortgage, pledge, charge or other security.(3) For the purposes of this Act, a contract is a contract for the transfer of goods whether or not services are also provided or to be provided under the contract, and, subject to subsection (2), whatever is the nature of the consideration for the transfer or agreement to transfer. In this Act,
the transferee would, apart from this subsection, have the right to treat the contract as repudiated by reason of a breach on the part of the transferor of a condition implied by section 3, 4 or 5(2)(a) or (c); but(b)the breach is so slight that it would be unreasonable for the transferee to do so,then, if the transferee does not deal as consumer, the breach is not to be treated as a breach of condition but may be treated as a breach of warranty.
This section applies unless a contrary intention appears in, or is to be implied from, the contract.
It is for the transferor to show that a breach fell within subsection (1)(b).
transferor
“transferor”, in relation to a contract for the transfer of goods, means (depending on the context) a person who transfers the property in the goods under the contract, or a person who agrees to do so, or a person to whom the duties under the contract of either of those persons have passed.