Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:appliesTo business-to-business contracts
business-to-consumer contracts
gptkbp:citation 1977 c. 50
gptkbp:compatibleWith insurance contracts
contracts of employment
contracts relating to land
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1977
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
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.
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
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
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
gptkbp:startDate 1977-02-08
gptkbp:status in force
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
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