{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unfair-contract-terms-act-1977/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unfair-contract-terms-act-1977/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/50",
  "legislation_title": "Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unfair-contract-terms-act-1977",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Obligations implied by law in sale and hire-purchase contracts.",
  "text": "(1) Any term of a contract which purports to exclude or restrict liability for breach of the obligations arising from—\n(a) section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (seller’s implied undertakings as to title etc.);\n(b) section 8 of the Supply of Goods (Implied Terms) Act 1973 (implied terms as to title in hire-purchase agreements),\nshall be void.\n(1A) Any term of a contract which purports to exclude or restrict liability for breach of the obligations arising from—\n(a) section 13, 14 or 15 of the 1979 Act (seller's implied undertakings as to conformity of goods with description or sample, or as to their quality or fitness for a particular purpose);\n(b) section 9, 10 or 11 of the 1973 Act (the corresponding things in relation to hire purchase),\nshall have effect only if it was fair and reasonable to incorporate the term in the contract.\n(1B) This section does not apply to a consumer contract (but see the provision made about such contracts in section 31 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015).\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "“1979” substituted for “1893” by Sale of Goods Act 1979 (c. 54, SIF 109:1), ss. 62, 63, Sch. 2 para. 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 20(1A)(1B) inserted (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 4 para. 19(2); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(g) (with art. 6(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 20(2) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 4 para. 19(3); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(g) (with art. 6(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1973 c. 13"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/50/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:06.272815+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."
}