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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-rights-act-2015/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-rights-act-2015/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/15",
  "legislation_title": "Consumer Rights Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-rights-act-2015",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Ownership of goods",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter ownership of goods means the general property in goods, not merely a special property.\n(2) For the time when ownership of goods is transferred, see in particular the following provisions of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (which relate to contracts of sale)—\nsection 16:\ngoods must be ascertained\nsection 17:\nproperty passes when intended to pass\nsection 18:\nrules for ascertaining intention\nsection 19:\nreservation of right of disposal\nsection 20A:\nundivided shares in goods forming part of a bulk\nsection 20B:\ndeemed consent by co-owner to dealings in bulk goods",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 in force at 1.10.2015 by S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(a) (with art. 6(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/15/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:53.853097+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}