Supply of Goods (Implied Terms) Act 1973

Supply of Goods (Implied Terms) Act 1973

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend the law with respect to the terms to be implied in contracts of sale of goods and hire-purchase agreements and on the exchange of goods for trading stamps, and with respect to the terms of conditional sale agreements; and for connected purposes.
Citation	1973 c. 13
Territorial extent	England and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent	18 April 1973
Commencement	18 May 1973
Other legislation
Amended by	Sale of Goods Act 1979
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Supply of Goods (Implied Terms) Act 1973 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Supply of Goods (Implied Terms) Act 1973 (c. 13) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that provided implied terms in contracts for the supply of goods and for hire-purchase agreements, and limited the use of exclusion clauses. The result of a joint report by the England and Wales Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, First Report on Exemption Clauses, the Act was granted royal assent on 18 April 1973 and came into force a month later. It met with a mixed reaction from academics, who praised the additional protection it offered while at the same time questioning whether it was enough; several aspects of the Act's draftsmanship and implementation were also called into question. Much of the Act was repealed by the Sale of Goods Act 1979, which included many of the 1973 Act's provisions.