As an online business, you must abide by particular laws when carrying out your business activities, just as you would if your business was a traditional retailer. For example, the Consumers Rights Act 2015 and the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977. However, laws for your online business can get confusing, but you must understand and abide by them. They can apply to the particular purpose of the product, for example, and can apply to existing goods and future goods. If you do not abide by the Sale of Goods Act, for example, a buyer can sue you for breach of contract. This article will, therefore, explain three crucial points to note about the Sale of Goods Act 1979.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sale of Goods Act 1979<\/a> is a piece of UK legislation to protect customers when they buy products. It ensures they have particular rights in terms of the goods they buy. It does not, however, apply to services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Sale of Goods Act means you must ensure the goods you sell online are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the Act is statutory UK law, you cannot choose whether it applies to your online business. It is, therefore, irrelevant if it is not in your business terms and conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An important point to note about the Sale of Goods Act<\/a>, which you may not know, is that most of what it covers now applies through the Consumers Rights Act 2015. This is particularly the case in terms of areas which apply to consumers. The Consumers Rights Act 2015 effectively replaces the Sale of Goods Act for consumers. The Act, therefore, only applies to consumers now for any products they purchased before 30th September 2015. However, naturally, as the provisions for consumers are now in other UK legislation, you still have to abide by the details of the law in the Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Instead, the Sale of Goods Act applies for business-to-business sales. So, if you are an online business which, for example, supplies goods to a dropship business, it applies. The Act is also relevant to both written sale of goods contracts and verbal ones. However, you should note that the Act does not apply to goods that business buys on hire purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Continue reading this article below the form\n <\/i>\n<\/a>\n\n
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