Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
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Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
business-to-business contracts
business-to-consumer contracts |
| gptkbp:citation |
1977 c. 50
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| gptkbp:compatibleWith |
insurance contracts
contracts of employment contracts relating to land |
| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
1977
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
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| gptkbp:longTitle |
An Act to impose further limits on the extent to which under the law of England and Wales and Northern Ireland civil liability for breach of contract, negligence or other breach of duty can be avoided by means of contract terms and otherwise.
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| gptkbp:mainProvision |
limits the use of exclusion and limitation clauses
renders some exclusions void requires reasonableness test for exclusion clauses |
| gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent |
1977-02-08
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| gptkbp:relatedLegislation |
gptkb:Consumer_Rights_Act_2015
gptkb:Sale_of_Goods_Act_1979 |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:George_Mitchell_(Chesterhall)_Ltd_v_Finney_Lock_Seeds_Ltd_[1983]_2_AC_803
gptkb:Smith_v_Eric_S_Bush_[1990]_1_AC_831 |
| gptkbp:replacedBy |
common law rules on exclusion clauses
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| gptkbp:section |
Section 3 restricts exclusion of liability in standard form contracts
Section 11 defines the reasonableness test Section 7 deals with contracts for hire-purchase Section 2 prohibits exclusion of liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence Section 6 deals with implied terms in contracts for sale of goods |
| gptkbp:shortName |
gptkb:Unfair_Contract_Terms_Act_1977
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| gptkbp:startDate |
1977-02-08
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| gptkbp:status |
in force
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| gptkbp:subject |
consumer protection
contract law unfair terms |
| gptkbp:territory |
gptkb:Northern_Ireland
gptkb:Scotland England and Wales |
| gptkbp:website |
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/50
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:English_contract_law
gptkb:Contract_Law_in_Scotland gptkb:Consumer_Rights_Act_2015 gptkb:James_Callaghan's_government gptkb:George_Mitchell_(Chesterhall)_Ltd_v_Finney_Lock_Seeds_Ltd |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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