{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-goods-implied-terms-act-1973/section-12A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-goods-implied-terms-act-1973/section-12A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/13",
  "legislation_title": "Supply of Goods (Implied Terms) Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-goods-implied-terms-act-1973",
  "path": "section/12A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12A",
  "heading": "Remedies for breach of relevant hire-purchase agreement as respects Scotland.",
  "text": "(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—\n(a) to claim damages, and\n(b) if the breach is material, to reject any goods delivered under the agreement and treat it as repudiated.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) This section applies to Scotland only.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 12A inserted (s.) (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 35, ss. 7,8(2), Sch. 2 para. 4(8) (with s. 8(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/13/section/12A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:52.245674+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."
}