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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contracts legislation - Contractual privity

20: Savings

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“This law keeps other rules about contracts and doesn't change them”

This part of the law doesn’t change or limit any other rights or ways to solve problems that already exist. It also doesn’t change other laws that say some contracts must be in writing. The rules about agency (when someone acts for someone else) and trusts are not changed by this part of the law either.

This law works alongside other laws. It doesn’t replace or cancel out subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Property Law Act 2007, which talks about when contracts need to be written down. It also doesn’t change any other laws that say contracts must be written.

Remember, this law is just one part of the bigger picture. There are still other laws and rules that apply to contracts and how people do business with each other.

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Part 2 Contracts legislation
Contractual privity

20Savings

  1. Nothing in this subpart limits or affects—

  2. any right or remedy that exists or is available apart from this subpart; or
    1. subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Property Law Act 2007 or any other enactment that requires any contract to be in writing or to be evidenced by writing; or
      1. the law of agency; or
        1. the law of trusts.

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