Explanatory note

This Order takes account of the coming into force on 18th August 1972 of The Hague Conventions of 1964 relating respectively to a Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods and a Uniform Law on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, which have been ratified by the United Kingdom.

By virtue of the Order the Uniform Law on Sales will apply to contracts made on or after that date. The Order states that a declaration has been made by the United Kingdom under Article V of the first mentioned Convention, so that the Uniform Law on Sales will apply to contracts only to the extent that the parties have chosen it as the law of the contract.

The Order also specifies, in the Schedule, the contracting states for the purposes of the first mentioned Convention and the territories in respect of which they have contracted.