46 Meaning of "supply"
Consumer Protection Act 1987 (1987 c 43) | Legislation

46  Meaning of "supply"

(1)     Subject to the following provisions of this section, references in this Act to supplying goods shall be construed as references to doing any of the following, whether as principal or agent, that is to say—

(a)     selling, hiring out or lending the goods;

(b)     entering into a hire-purchase agreement to furnish the goods;

(c)     the performance of any contract for work and materials to furnish the goods;

(d)     providing the goods in exchange for any consideration . . . other than money;

(e)     providing the goods in or in connection with the performance of any statutory function; or

(f)     giving the goods as a prize or otherwise making a gift of the goods;

and, in relation to gas or water, those references shall be construed as including references to providing the service by which the gas or water is made available for use.

(2)     For the purposes of any reference in this Act to supplying goods, where a person (“the ostensible supplier”) supplies goods to another person (“the customer”) under a hire-purchase agreement, conditional

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