{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-goods-act-1979/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-goods-act-1979/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/54",
  "legislation_title": "Sale of Goods Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-goods-act-1979",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Goods must be ascertained.",
  "text": "Subject to section 20A below Where there is a contract for the sale of unascertained goods no property in the goods is transferred to the buyer unless and until the goods are ascertained.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 16 inserted (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 28, ss. 1(1), 3(2)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/54/section/16",
    "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."
}