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<Text>For a proposal to constitute an “<Term id="term-offer">offer</Term>” in relation to the formation of a contract—</Text>
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<Text>the offeree must have reasonable grounds to suppose that the offeror intends the proposal to result in a contract if accepted, and</Text>
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<Text>the proposal must be one which, after taking any relevant enactment or rule of law into account, could be given legal effect as a contract if accepted.</Text>
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<Text>Any such offer may be addressed—</Text>
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<Text>to a specific person,</Text>
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<Text>to persons of a particular description,</Text>
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<Text>to persons in general, or</Text>
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<Text>to the public at large.</Text>
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<Text>Subsections <InternalLink Ref="section-4-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/10/section/4/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/10/section/4/1/enacted">(1)</InternalLink> and <InternalLink Ref="section-4-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/10/section/4/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/10/section/4/2/enacted">(2)</InternalLink> are without prejudice to the application of any relevant enactment, or rule of law, in relation to the constitution of a unilateral promise.</Text>
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