{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-goods-act-1979/section-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-goods-act-1979/section-34.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/54",
  "legislation_title": "Sale of Goods Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-goods-act-1979",
  "path": "section/34",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Buyer’s right of examining the goods.",
  "text": "(1) . . .\nUnless otherwise agreed, when the seller tenders delivery of goods to the buyer, he is bound on request to afford the buyer a reasonable opportunity of examining the goods for the purpose of ascertaining whether they are in conformity with the contract and, in the case of a contract for sale by sample, of comparing the bulk with the sample.\n(2) Nothing in this section affects the operation of section 22 (time limit for short-term right to reject) of the Consumer Rights Act 2015.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 34 renumbered as s. 34(1) (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 1 para. 23(2); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(g) (with art. 6(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 34 repealed (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 35, ss. 2(2)(a), 7(2), 8(2), Sch. 3 (with s. 8(3))."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 34 inserted (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 35, ss. 2(2)(b), 8(2) (with s. 8(3))."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 34(2) inserted (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 1 para. 23(3); 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/34",
    "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."
}