6 The contracts concerned.E+W+N.I.
(1)In this Act [F1in its application to England and Wales and Northern Ireland] a “contract for the hire of goods” means a contract under which one person bails or agrees to bail goods to another by way of hire, other than [F2 a hire-purchase agreement]F2 .
(2)F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)For the purposes of this Act [F1in its application to England and Wales and Northern Ireland]a contract is a contract for the hire of goods whether or not services are also provided or to be provided under the contract, and F4... whatever is the nature of the consideration for the bailment or agreement to bail by way of hire.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 6(1)(3) inserted (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 35, ss. 7, 8(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(6) (with s. 8(3))
F2Words in s. 6(1) substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2005) by The Regulatory Reform (Trading Stamps) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/871) {art. 5(b)(i)}; (N.I.) (15.11.2005) by The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1452 (N.I. 7)), arts. 1(2), 21(2)(b)(i); S.R. 2005/494, art. 2(1)(b)
F3S. 6(2) omitted (E.W.) (6.4.2005) by virtue of The Regulatory Reform (Trading Stamps) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/871) {art. 5(b)(ii)}; and repealed (N.I.) (15.11.2005) by The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1452 (N.I. 7)), arts. 1(2), 21(2)(b)(ii), 24, Sch. 2; S.R. 2005/494, art. 2(1)(b)(d)
F4Words in s. 6(3) omitted (E.W.) (6.4.2005) by virtue of The Regulatory Reform (Trading Stamps) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/871) {art. 5(b)(iii)}; and repealed (N.I.) (15.11.2005) by The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1452 (N.I. 7)), arts. 1(2), 21(2)(b)(iii), 24, Sch. 2; S.R. 2005/494, art. 2(1)(b)(d)