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| (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires" |
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| (2) A party to a contract "deals as consumer" in relation to another party if"
| | (a) he neither makes the contract in the course of a business nor holds himself out as doing so; and | | |
| | (b) the other party makes the contract in the course of a business ; and | | |
| | (c) in the case of a contract governed by the law of sale of goods or hire-purchase, the goods passing under or in pursuance of the contract are of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption, | | |
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| (3) On a sale by auction or by competitive tender, the buyer shall not in any circumstances be regarded as dealing as consumer, |
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| (4) It is for the person claiming that a party does not deal as consumer to show that he does not. |
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