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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Sale of goods - Formation of contract - Conditions and warranties

137: Implied conditions or warranties as to quality or fitness

You could also call this:

“Automatic promises about a product's quality or usefulness when you buy things”

When you buy something, there are usually no automatic promises about how good it is or if it will work for what you want to use it for. The only promises that are made are the ones listed in sections 138 to 141 of this law.

This rule, and the rules in sections 138 to 141, have to follow the other parts of this law and any other laws that might apply.

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Part 3 Sale of goods
Formation of contract: Conditions and warranties

137Implied conditions or warranties as to quality or fitness

  1. There is no implied warranty or condition as to the quality or fitness for any particular purpose of goods supplied under a contract of sale except as set out in sections 138 to 141.

  2. This section and sections 138 to 141 are subject to the rest of this Part and any other Act.

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