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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-goods-act-1979/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-goods-act-1979/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/54",
  "legislation_title": "Sale of Goods Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-goods-act-1979",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Supplementary to sections 24 and 25.",
  "text": "In sections 24 and 25 above “mercantile agent” means a mercantile agent having in the customary course of his business as such agent authority either—\n(a) to sell goods, or\n(b) to consign goods for the purpose of sale, or\n(c) to buy goods, or\n(d) to raise money on the security of goods.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/54/section/26",
    "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."
}