SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Amendments consequential on Part 2
Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (c. 50)
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1
Section 6 (sale and hire-purchase) is amended as follows.
2
After subsection (1) insert—
1A
Liability for breach of the obligations arising from—
a
section 13, 14 or 15 of the 1979 Act (seller's implied undertakings as to conformity of goods with description or sample, or as to their quality or fitness for a particular purpose);
b
section 9, 10 or 11 of the 1973 Act (the corresponding things in relation to hire purchase),
cannot be excluded or restricted by reference to a contract term except in so far as the term satisfies the requirement of reasonableness.
3
Omit subsections (2) and (3).
4
After subsection (4) insert—
5
This section does not apply to a consumer contract (but see the provision made about such contracts in section 31 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015).