Unit 21: outline how consumers are protected for the supply of goods/services

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In this part of the unit I will outline how consumers are protected for the supply of goods/services

The sale of goods legislation applies to contracts where good are sold for a money consideration. It doesn’t cover other methods of obtaining goods and it doesn’t cover the provision of services.

Legislation has been passed to protect transactions that aren’t covered under the sale of goods which include:

  • Contacts for work and material e.g. building work, car repairs and hairdressing.
  • Contracts where no money changes hand
  • Contract for free gifts and contracts for hire of goods  

Protection

Office to go sold the OmniaCopy 2010Photocopiers to Henry Parnell. Henry Parnell is a consumer however he isn’t a company. The photocopiers had a lot of faults but the sales manager of Office to go would not change the photocopiers but kept on sending out technicians from KeyPrint to sort the problems out. The technicians kept on fitting the photocopiers with the wrong components. Henry Parnell is protected by the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 and the Sale of Goods Act 1979 which meant that the company who sold the photocopies to Henry Parnell had to fix the problem. KeyPrint and Henry Parnell had no contact which each other however Office to go had contact with both Henry Parnell and KeyPrint

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Office to Go        Henry Parnell

Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982

This act only applies to contracts where goods are sold for money consideration. This act was passed to place on a statutory footing terms that has previously been implied by common laws in contracts for services.

Legislation has been passed to protect transactions that aren’t covered under the sale of goods such as contracts where no money changes hands and contracts for work and materials e.g. building work and hairdressing.

If you've hired someone to do some work, your rights are ...

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