{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contract-formation-and-remedies-scotland-act-2026/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contract-formation-and-remedies-scotland-act-2026/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2026/10",
  "legislation_title": "Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Scotland) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contract-formation-and-remedies-scotland-act-2026",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Acceptance of offer",
  "text": "(1) In this Part, any reference to acceptance of an offer is to—\n(a) a statement (in whatever form), or\n(b) conduct (of whatever kind),\nof the offeree which shows the unqualified assent of the offeree to the offer.\n(2) But any such conduct as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b) must be conduct of which the offeror is, or ought to be, aware.\n(3) Silence or inactivity is not in itself to be taken to show such assent.\n(4) This section is without prejudice to section 2(2) and (3).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 29(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/10/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:11:44.390203+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."
}