Trading Stamps Act, 1980

Application of Sale of Goods Act, 1893, and Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act, 1980.

8.—(1) For the purposes of the Sale of Goods Act, 1893 , and the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act, 1980 , the publication by a company which is the promoter of a trading stamp scheme of a catalogue shall be regarded as an offer, and the tender within the prescribed period of validity of the appropriate number of stamps shall be regarded as an acceptance, in the same way as if the offer and the acceptance were for a monetary consideration.

(2) The provisions of the Sale of Goods Act, 1893 , and of the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act, 1980 , shall apply in every case where the promoter of a trading stamp scheme offers goods or services in exchange for trading stamps.

(3) Where a person other than a promoter of a trading stamp scheme offers goods or services in exchange for trading stamps, the provisions of the Sale of Goods Act, 1893 , and of the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act, 1980 , shall apply in the same way as if that exchange were for a monetary consideration.