Leaving it to the implied terms of the UK
Sale of Goods Act 1979 to determine the time at which title passes, for example, can have undesirable consequences.
Salom said that Banksy fell foul of the
Sale of Goods Act 1979, and the Criminal Damage Act 1971.
We the council tax payers are paying for a service that we are not getting (
sale of goods act 1979 may apply).
Dealers are obliged to prepare the car before offering it for sale, including verifying the recorded mileage and have to abide by the full extent of the new Consumer Rights Act 2015 (in relation to vehicles purchased after October 1, 2015) and the
Sale of Goods Act 1979 for purchases prior to this date.
They also have to abide by the new Consumer Rights Act 2015 for vehicles purchased after October 1 2015 and the
Sale of Goods Act 1979 for any bought before that.
Effectively, the new rules combine the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999, Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977,
Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982.
Secondly, the
Sale of Goods Act 1979 rules that goods must be of "satisfactory quality", which they will not be if they are dangerous.
But the
Sale of Goods Act 1979 gives consumers legal protection if a product fails and allows them to make a claim to the manufacturer for up to six years after the purchase date.
The
Sale of Goods Act 1979 offers consumers a series of legal rights, one of which is that with the sale of goods the item must be of satisfactory quality.
The CGL is based on the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (NZ) (62) which is in turn based on the Canadian Consumer Protection Act, (63) and the English
Sale of Goods Act 1979 (UK) e54.
The NCC is calling for there to be statutory protection for homebuyers, similar to that offered under the
Sale of Goods Act 1979, which states that goods must be of satisfactory quality, be fit for purpose and correspond with their description.