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Section 12A Remedies for breach of relevant hire-purchase agreement as respects Scotland.F3F1

Scotland

(1)

Where in a relevant hire-purchase agreement the creditor is in breach of any term of the agreement (express or implied), the person to whom the goods are hired shall be entitled—

(a)

to claim damages, and

(b)

if the breach is material, to reject any goods delivered under the agreement and treat it as repudiated.

F2(2)

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(3)

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(4)

This section applies to Scotland only.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Act substituted (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 1 para. 2; S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(g) (with art. 6(1))

F2

S. 12A(2)(3) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 1 para. 5; S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(g) (with art. 6(1)); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(g) (with art. 6(1))

F3

S. 12A inserted (s.) (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 35, ss. 7,8(2), Sch. 2 para. 4(8) (with s. 8(3))