Supply of Services (Exclusion of Implied Terms) Order 1982

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1982/1771
Year1982

1982 No. 1771

CONSUMER PROTECTION

The Supply of Services (Exclusion of Implied Terms) Order 1982

8thDecember 1982

15thDecember 1982

4thJuly 1983

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 12(4) of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982(a) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Supply of Services (Exclusion of Implied Terms) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 4th July 1983.

2. Section 13 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (which provides that, in a contract for the supply of a service where the supplier is acting in the course of a business, there is an implied term that the supplier will carry out the service with reasonable care and skill) shall not apply to the following services:—

(1) the services of an advocate in court or before any tribunal, inquiry or arbitrator and in carrying out preliminary work directly affecting the conduct of the hearing;

(2) the services rendered to a company by a director of the company in his capacity as such.

Gerard Vaughan, Minister of State, Department of Trade.

8th December 1982.

(a) 1982 c. 29.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Order.)

Section 13 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 provides that, in a contract for the supply of a service where the supplier is acting in the course of a business, there is an implied term that the supplier will carry out the service with reasonable care and skill.

The Secretary of State has power, under section 12(4), to provide by order that this section shall not apply to services of a description specified in the...

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