4 Implied terms about quality or fitness
Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (1982 c 29) | Legislation

4  Implied terms about quality or fitness

(1)     Except as provided by this section and section 5 below and subject to the provisions of any other enactment, there is no implied condition or warranty about the quality or fitness for any particular purpose of goods supplied under a [relevant contract for the transfer of goods].

[(2)     Where, under such a contract, the transferor transfers the property in goods in the course of a business, there is an implied condition that the goods supplied under the contract are of satisfactory quality.

(2A)     For the purposes of this section and section 5 below, goods are of satisfactory quality if they meet the standard that a reasonable person would

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