Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
PART IAMENDMENT OF LAW FOR ENGLAND AND WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Introductory
1Scope of Part I.
Avoidence of liability for negligence, breach of contract, etc.
2Negligence liability.
3Liability arising in contract.
4Unreasonable indemnity clauses.
Liability arising from sale or supply of goods
5“Guarantee” of consumer goods.
6Sale and hire purchase.
7Miscellaneous contracts under which goods pass.
Other provisions about contracts
8Misrepresentation.
9Effect of breach.
10Evasion by means of secondary contract.
Explanatory provisions
11The “reasonableness” test.
12“Dealing as a consumer”.
13Varieties of exemption clause.
14Interpretation of Part I.
PART IIAMENDMENT OF LAW FOR SCOTLAND
15Scope of Part II.
16Liability for breach of duty.
17Control of unreasonable exemptions in ... standard form contracts.
18Unreasonable indemnity clauses in consumer contracts.
19“Guarantee” of consumer goods.
20Obligations implied by law in sale and hire-purchase contracts.
21Obligations implied by law in other contracts for the supply of goods.
22Consequence of breach.
23Evasion by means of secondary contract.
24The “reasonableness” test.
25Interpretation of Part II.
PART IIIPROVISIONS APPLYING TO WHOLE OF UNITED KINGDOM
Miscellaneous
26International supply contracts.
27Choice of law clauses.
28Temporary provision for sea carriage passengers.
29Saving for other relevant legislation.
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General
31Commencement; amendments; repeals.
32Citation and extent.
Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
SCHEDULE 1Scope of Sections 2 , 3 and 7
1Sections 2 and 3 of this Act do not extend...
2Section 2(1) extends to— (a) any contract of marine salvage...
3Where goods are carried by ship or hovercraft in pursuance...
4Section 2(1) and (2) do not extend to a contract...
5Section 2(1) does not affect the validity of any discharge...
SCHEDULE 2“Guidelines” for Application of Reasonableness Test
The matters to which regard is to be had in...
SCHEDULE 3Amendments of Enactments
. . . . . . . . . ....
In the Supply of Goods (Implied Terms ) Act 1973...
SCHEDULE 4Repeals
The repeals in sections 12 and 15 of the Supply...

Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977

1977 c.50

An Act to impose further limits on the extent to which under the law of England and Wales and Northern Ireland civil liability for breach of contract, or for negligence or other breach of duty, can be avoided by means of contract terms and otherwise, and under the law of Scotland civil liability can be avoided by means of contract terms.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
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Act not in force at Royal Assent; Act wholly in force at 1.2.1978 see s. 31(1)