{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-descriptions-act-1968/section-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-descriptions-act-1968/section-39.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/29",
  "legislation_title": "Trade Descriptions Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-descriptions-act-1968",
  "path": "section/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions shall have effect, in addition to sections 2 to 4 of this Act, for the interpretation in this Act of expressions used therein, that is to say,—\n“advertisement” includes a catalogue, a circular and a price list;\n“goods” includes ships and aircraft, things attached to land and growing crops;\n“premises” includes any place and any stall, vehicle, ship or aircraft; and\n“ship” includes any boat and any other description of vessel used in navigation.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(1) substituted (26.5.2008) by The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1277), reg. 30(1), Sch. 2 para. 12 (with savings in reg. 28(2)(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 39(2) repealed (26.5.2008) by The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1277), reg. 30(1)(3), Sch. 2 para. 8(j), Sch. 4 Pt. 1 (with savings in reg. 28(2)(3), Sch. 3 paras. 1-4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/29/section/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:22.375175+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."
}