Sale of Goods Act
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Sale of Goods Act is a stock short title
used for legislation
in the United Kingdom
relating to the sale of goods.
The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Sale of Goods Bill during its passage through Parliament
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Sale of Goods Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to the sale of goods.
Short title
The short title is the formal name by which a piece of primary legislation may by law be cited in the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions , as well as the United States. It contrasts with the long title which, while usually being more fully descriptive of the...
used for legislation
Legislation
Legislation is law which has been promulgated by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
relating to the sale of goods.
The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Sale of Goods Bill during its passage through Parliament
Parliament
A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...
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Sale of Goods Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to the sale of goods.
United Kingdom
- The Sale of Goods Act 1893Sale of Goods Act 1893The Sale of Goods Act 1893 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which regulated contracts in which goods are sold and bought...
(56 & 57 Vict. c.71) - The Sale of Goods Act 1979Sale of Goods Act 1979The Sale of Goods Act 1979 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which regulates English contract law and UK commercial law in respect of goods that are sold and bought. The Act consolidates the original Sale of Goods Act 1893 and subsequent legislation, which in turn had codified and...
(c.54) - The Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1994 (c.32)
- The Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994 (c.35)
- The Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1995 (c.28)