Part 1 S Formation of Contract

Prospective

Offers S

8 Qualified acceptance of offer S

(1) Subsection (2) applies where, as regards an offer (in this section referred to as “the original offer”) in relation to the formation of a contract, a qualified acceptance by the offeree provides for any or all of the following—

(a) terms additional to those of the original offer,

(b) terms different from those of the original offer,

(c) the omission of terms of the original offer.

(2) The qualified acceptance (however expressed) is taken to be both—

(a) a rejection of the original offer, and

(b) a counter-offer.

(3) Subsection (2) is without prejudice to section 2(2).

Commencement Information

I1 S. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 29(2)