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        Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (c.50)
        Introductory Text
        Main body
        PART I
        AMENDMENT OF LAW FOR ENGLAND AND WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND
        Introductory
        1. Scope of Part I.
        Avoidence of liability for negligence, breach of contract, etc.
        2. Negligence liability.
        3. Liability arising in contract.
        4. Unreasonable indemnity clauses.
        Liability arising from sale or supply of goods
        5. "Guarantee" of consumer goods.
        6. Sale and hire purchase.
        7. Miscellaneous contracts under which goods pass.
        Other provisions about contracts
        8. Misrepresentation.
        9. Effect of breach.
        10. Evasion by means of secondary contract.
        Explanatory provisions
        11. The "reasonableness" test.
        12. "Dealing as a consumer".
        13. Varieties of exemption clause.
        14. Interpretation of Part I.
        PART II
        AMENDMENT OF LAW FOR SCOTLAND
        15. Scope of Part II.
        16. Liability for breach of duty.
        17. Control of unreasonable exemptions in consumer or standard form contracts.
        18. Unreasonable indemnity clauses in consumer contracts.
        19. "Guarantee" of consumer goods.
        20. Obligations implied by law in sale and hire-purchase contracts.
        21. Obligations implied by law in other contracts for the supply of goods.
        22. Consequence of breach.
        23. Evasion by means of secondary contract.
        24. The "reasonableness" test.
        25. Interpretation of Part II.
        PART III
        PROVISIONS APPLYING TO WHOLE OF UNITED KINGDOM {PROVISIONS APPLYING TO WHOLE OF UNITED KINGDOM}
        Miscellaneous
        26. International supply contracts.
        27. Choice of law clauses.
        28. Temporary provision for sea carriage passengers.
        29. Saving for other relevant legislation.
        30. . . .
        General
        31. Commencement; amendments; repeals.
        32. Citation and extent.
        Schedules
        SCHEDULE 1 Scope of Sections 2 to 4 and 7
        SCHEDULE 2 "Guidelines" for Application of Reasonableness Test
        SCHEDULE 3 Amendments of Enactments
        SCHEDULE 4 Repeals

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