{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-goods-act-1979/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-goods-act-1979/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/54",
  "legislation_title": "Sale of Goods Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-goods-act-1979",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Contracts to which Act applies.",
  "text": "(1) This Act applies to contracts of sale of goods made on or after (but not to those made before) 1 January 1894.\n(2) In relation to contracts made on certain dates, this Act applies subject to the modification of certain of its sections as mentioned in Schedule 1 below.\n(3) Any such modification is indicated in the section concerned by a reference to Schedule 1 below.\n(4) Accordingly, where a section does not contain such a reference, this Act applies in relation to the contract concerned without such modification of the section.\n(5) Certain sections or subsections of this Act do not apply to a contract to which Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies.\n(6) Where that is the case it is indicated in the section concerned.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(5)(6) inserted (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 1 para. 9; S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(g) (with art. 6(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/54/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:17:01.865333+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."
}