{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-goods-and-services-act-1982/section-10A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-goods-and-services-act-1982/section-10A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/29",
  "legislation_title": "Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-goods-and-services-act-1982",
  "path": "section/10A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10A",
  "heading": "Modification of remedies for breach of statutory condition in non-consumer cases.",
  "text": "(1) Where in the case of a relevant contract for the hire of goods—\n(a) the bailee would, apart from this subsection, have the right to treat the contract as repudiated by reason of a breach on the part of the bailor of a term implied by section 8, 9 or 10(2)(a) or (c) above, but\n(b) the breach is so slight that it would be unreasonable for him to do so,\n... the breach is not to be treated as a breach of condition but may be treated as a breach of warranty.\n(2) This section applies unless a contrary intention appears in, or is to be implied from, the contract.\n(3) It is for the bailor to show that a breach fell within subsection (1)(b) above.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 10A inserted (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 35, ss. 7, 8(2), Sch. 2 para. 6 (9) (with s. 8(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 1 para. 38(b); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(g) (with art. 6(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 10A(1) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 1 para. 44; 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/1982/29/section/10A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:12:07.828601+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."
}