# Agriculture Act 1970, Section 74: Limits of variation.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) No action shall lie on any warranty arising under the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act for any mis-statement as to the nature, substance or quality of any material if the mis-statement does not exceed any limits of variation prescribed in relation thereto for the purposes of this section; but if the mis-statement exceeds any such limits the purchaser’s rights under the warranty shall not be affected by the limits.
(2) Particulars with respect to any material which are contained in a statutory statement or in any document, or which are marked on, or denoted by a mark on, the material, shall not for the purposes of this Part of this Act be treated as false by reason of any mis-statement therein as to the nature, substance or quality of the material if the mis-statement does not exceed the said limits of variation.
(3) Nothing in subsection (2) shall apply to anyone to whom Article 11.5 and Annex IV (permitted tolerances) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1970/40/section/74 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-1970/section-74
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