# Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Scotland) Act 2026, Section 8: Qualified acceptance of offer

Extent: S
Status: prospective

(1) Subsection (2) applies where, as regards an offer (in this section referred to as “the original offer”) in relation to the formation of a contract, a qualified acceptance by the offeree provides for any or all of the following—
(a) terms additional to those of the original offer,
(b) terms different from those of the original offer,
(c) the omission of terms of the original offer.
(2) The qualified acceptance (however expressed) is taken to be both—
(a) a rejection of the original offer, and
(b) a counter-offer.
(3) Subsection (2) is without prejudice to section 2(2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/10/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/contract-formation-and-remedies-scotland-act-2026/section-8
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