Example sentences of "of the sale of [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Although the principle tenet of the Sale of Goods Act — that goods should be ‘ of merchantable quality ’ or ‘ fit for their purpose ’ — does not automatically apply when the seller is an individual or club , all second-hand goods must ‘ fit their description ’ .
2 The Act was needed to make up for the shortcomings of the Sale of Goods Act , 1979 , which applied only to the transfer of goods from a seller to a buyer and not to a situation where goods were being provided as part of a service , such as building work and car repairs , for example .
3 The implied terms in sections 12–15 of the Sale of Goods Act are often seen , and correctly so , as important safeguards for the consumer .
4 At the moment it is worth recording that section 55 ( 1 ) of the Sale of Goods Act reads :
5 The 1973 Act was confined to exemption clauses which claimed to exclude or restrict the statutory implied terms relating to title , description , quality and sample ( implied by sections 12–15 of the Sale of Goods Act ) .
6 Section 55(1) of the Sale of Goods Act was quoted at paragraph 10–01 above .
7 Exemption from sections 12–15 of the Sale of Goods Act — section 6
8 Section 6 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act applies to any clause claiming to exempt the seller from any of the terms implied by sections 12–15 of the Sale of Goods Act , i.e. the terms as to title description , merchantable quality , fitness for purpose and sample .
9 In any case where the buyer ‘ deals as consumer ’ it is impossible for the seller to exempt himself from any of his liability under sections 12–15 of the Sale of Goods Act .
10 Therefore the clause purporting to exclude the seller 's liability for breach of the implied terms in section 14 of the Sale of Goods Act was ineffective .
11 It is impossible for the seller to exempt himself from liability under section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act .
12 It is , however , possible for the seller to be exempted from liability under sections 13 to 15 of the Sale of Goods Act , but only in so far as the seller can show that the exemption clause satisfies the requirement of reasonableness , i.e. that it was a ‘ fair and reasonable one to be included having regard to circumstances which were , or ought reasonably to have been , known to or in the contemplation of the parties when the contract was made ’ ( section 11 ) .
13 We have just considered the extent to which the Unfair Contract Terms Act allows the seller to exclude his liability under section 12–15 of the Sale of Goods Act .
14 However , the contract will doubtless contain other terms , some of them expressly agreed between the parties ( e.g. the date of delivery ) and some of them implied ( often by other sections of the Sale of Goods Act — e.g. as to the place of delivery , section 29(2) ) .
15 Section 6 has already been considered and applies where the buyer 's claim is based upon a breach by the seller of the terms implied by sections 12 to 15 of the Sale of Goods Act .
16 By section 6 , the position is the same if he tries to exempt himself from section 13–15 of the Sale of Goods Act .
17 All of this does not , however , mean that if the goods prove defective the private seller can easily be made liable for breach of the terms of sections 13–15 of the Sale of Goods Act .
18 Suppose , for example , it claims to exclude all the following liabilities of the seller : for misrepresentation , for negligence and also for breach of the terms implied by sections 12 to 15 of the Sale of Goods Act .
19 Section 8 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act is relevant to a claim for misrepresentation ; section 2 to a claim for negligence ; section 6 to a claim under sections 12–15 of the Sale of Goods Act ; section 3 to a claim for any other breach of contract .
20 A claim under section 14 of the Sale Goods Act will , however , succeed because section 6 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act totally prevents the exclusion from a consumer deal of the terms implied by sections 12-J5 of the Sale of Goods Act .
21 The 1976 Order ( as amended by a further order in 1978 ) applies to any exemption clause claiming in a consumer deal to exclude liability under sections 13-J5 of the Sale of Goods Act .
22 Section 6 , however , does not render a clause void unless the clause , properly interpreted , purports to exclude or limit liability under sections 13–15 of the Sale of Goods Act .
23 The provisions of section 25 of the Sale of Goods Act and section 9 of the Factors Act have already been considered ( see paragraph 5–32 above ) .
24 One particular exception which may well apply is that contained in sections 8 of the Factors Act and 24 of the Sale of Goods Act .
25 A further exception is to be found in section 48(2) of the Sale of Goods Act :
26 The general principles just outlined apply in sale of goods , for although there are sections of the Sale of Goods Act governing the assessment of damages , those sections do little more than embody the general principles .
27 Except in so far as the parties agree otherwise , the provisions of the Sale of Goods Act apply .
28 SECTION 57 OF THE SALE OF GOODS ACT
29 Reference was made in Chapters 7 and 10 to the very important terms as to title , description , quality and sample which are implied by sections 12–15 of the Sale of Goods Act .
30 ( The purchaser could , of course , have brought an action against the vendor under section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act . )
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