{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unfair-contract-terms-act-1977/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unfair-contract-terms-act-1977/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/50",
  "legislation_title": "Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unfair-contract-terms-act-1977",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Misrepresentation.",
  "text": "(1) In the Misrepresentation Act 1967, the following is substituted for section 3—\n“ Avoidance of provision excluding liability for misrepresentation.\n3 If a contract contains a term which would exclude or restrict—\n(a) any liability to which a party to a contract may be subject by reason of any misrepresentation made by him before the contract was made; or\n(b) any remedy available to another party to the contract by reason of such a misrepresentation,\nthat term shall be of no effect except in so far as it satisfies the requirement of reasonableness as stated in section 11(1) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977; and it is for those claiming that the term satisfies that requirement to show that it does.”.\n(2) The same section is substituted for section 3 of the Misrepresentation Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1967 c. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1967 c. 14 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "The text of s. 8 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/50/section/8",
    "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."
}