[10 Implied undertakings as to quality or fitness]
Supply of Goods (Implied Terms) Act 1973 (1973 c 13) | Legislation

[10  Implied undertakings as to quality or fitness]

[(1)     Except as provided by this section and section 11 below and subject to the provisions of any other enactment, including any enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, or the Northern Ireland Assembly, there is no implied [term] as to the quality or fitness for any particular purpose of goods bailed or (in Scotland) hired under a [relevant hire-purchase agreement].

[(2)     Where the creditor bails or hires goods under a hire purchase agreement in the course of a business, there is an implied term that the goods supplied under the agreement are of satisfactory quality.

(2A)     For the purposes of this Act, goods are of satisfactory quality if they meet the standard that a reasonable person would regard as satisfactory, taking account of any description of the goods, the price (if relevant) and all the other relevant circumstances.

(2B)     For the purposes of this Act, the quality of goods

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