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| short_title           = Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982
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| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to amend the law with respect to the terms to be implied in certain contracts for the transfer of the property in goods, in certain contracts for the hire of goods and in certain contracts for the supply of a service; and for connected purposes.
| year                  = 1982
| citation              = 1982 c. 29
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| royal_assent          = 13 July 1982
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The '''Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982''' ([http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/29/contents c. 29]) is an [[Act of Parliament|Act]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] that requires traders to provide services to a proper standard of workmanship ("''with reasonable care and skill''").<ref>Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982, c.29, s13</ref> Furthermore, if a definite completion date or a price has not been fixed then the work must be completed within a [[reasonable time]] and for a reasonable charge. The Act was partially superseded by the [[Consumer Rights Act 2015]], insofar as that Act applies, i.e. between trader and consumers, for contracts entered into from 1 October 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/consumer-rights-act |title=Consumer Rights Act 2015|website=Which? Consumer Rights |date= |author= |accessdate=1 March 2017}}</ref> The Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 as amended remains in force in England, Wales, Northern Ireland; only Part IA of the Act, which creates provisions analogous to Part I of the Act, and Part III, which deals with the Act's commencement etc., apply in [[Scotland]].
==Overview==
Parts 1 and 1A (Scotland) relate to [[goods]]. The Act applies to ''"relevant contracts for the transfer of goods"'', being those where one person agrees to transfer property in goods, i.e. ownership of the goods, to another person;<ref>Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982, c.29, s1</ref> the Act also applies to contracts for the hire of goods (sections 6 to 10A).
The Act does not, however, apply to any ''"excepted contract"'', which includes sales of goods (covered by the [[Sale of Goods Act 1979]], for trader to trader contracts, and the [[Consumer Rights Act 2015]], for trader to consumer contracts) and [[Hire Purchase]] Agreements.<ref>Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982, c.29, s6</ref>
When applicable, the Act implies terms into ''"relevant contracts for the transfer of goods"'' and ''"relevant contracts for the hire of goods"''.
In summary, into ''"relevant contracts for the transfer of goods"'' the Act implies the following terms:
===Title===
Section 2 prescribes an [[implied term]] regarding [[Title (property)|title]] (i.e. a legal right to transfer the property) and various implied [[warranty|warranties]].<ref>Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982, c.29, s2</ref>
* The transferor must have the right to transfer the property in the goods, i.e. ownership unencumbered by any security, at the relevant time under the contract when transfer must be made.
* This applies unless the contract or the circumstances imply only the rights the transferor possess at the relevant time are due to be transferred; however it is also implied that the difference between unencumbered ownership and what is actually being transferred has been disclosed to the receiver.
===Descriptions and samples===
*If the transferor has agreed to transfer the property in the goods by description, it is implied by section 3 that the goods will match the description.<ref>Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982, c.29, s3</ref>
*If the transferor has agreed to transfer the property in the goods by [[Sample (material)|sample]], it is implied by section 5 that the bulk of the goods will match the sample.<ref>Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982, c.29, s5(1)</ref>
===Suitability===
If the seller knows from the buyer the particular purpose for which the goods are being acquired, sections 4(4) and 4(5) create an implied term that "the goods supplied under the contract are reasonably fit for that purpose".<ref>Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982, c.29, s4</ref>
The Act also states that a reasonable time (section 14(2)) and a reasonable charge (section 15(2)) are "questions of fact", but it does not explain how the "fact of reasonableness" is to be determined. However, the [[Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977]] and its concomitant case law provided a number of guidelines.
==Case law==
[[Trebor Bassett|Trebor Bassett Holdings Ltd]] v [[Adt fire & security|ADT Fire and Security]], 2012, involved a contract for ADT to "the design, supply, install and commission a fire detection and suppression system for a popcorn factory" in [[Pontefract]] owned and operated by Trebor Bassett and [[Cadbury]]. There was a fire in June 2005 which the installed system failed to extinguish. The Court held that ADT were asked to design a system to meet Bassett's specific [[fire safety]] requirements and therefore they were providing a service, for which there was a requirement to take reasonable care, but the design and supply of such a system did not constitute a "supply of goods" for the purpose of Part 1 of the Act. The section 4 requirement that "the goods supplied under the contract are reasonably fit for that purpose" was therefore not invoked by this contract.<ref>England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division), [https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2012/1158.html Trebor Bassett Holdings Ltd & Anor v ADT Fire and Security Plc], [2012] EWCA Civ 1158, delivered 23 August 2012, accessed 24 December 2021</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/29 Text of the UK Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (as amended)]
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