PART VMISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS

Amendment of legislation to make provision for trading stamps21.

(1)

In the Consumer Transactions (Restrictions on Statements) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/1813)—

(a)

in Article 2(1), in the definition of “statutory rights”, for the words from “section 4(1)(c) of the Trading Stamps Act 1964” to the end of that definition, there shall be substituted “ sections 4, 9, 11D, or 11J of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982. ”;

(b)

in Article 3(a)(ii), for the words from “a warranty” to “1973” there shall be substituted “ a term implied by sections 4, 9, 11D, or 11J of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 ”.

(2)

In the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (c. 29)—

(a)

section 1(2)(c) shall cease to have effect;

(b)

in section 6—

(i)

in subsection (1), for the words “an excepted contract” there shall be substituted “ a hire-purchase agreement ”;

(ii)

subsection (2) shall cease to have effect; and

(iii)

in subsection (3), the words “(subject to subsection (2) above)” shall cease to have effect; and

(c)

in section 18(1), the definitions of “redemption” and “trading stamps” shall cease to have effect.