Consumer Rights Act 2022

Savings

9. (1) Where, before the day on which section 12 (1) comes into operation, a contract was concluded to which Part 2 would apply if it had been concluded on or after that day—

(a) the Sale of Goods Act, 1893 and the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980 shall continue to have effect in relation to the contract as if the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 6 had not been made, and

(b) the European Communities (Certain Aspects of the Sale of Consumer Goods and Associated Guarantees) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 11 of 2003 ) shall continue to have effect in relation to the contract notwithstanding the revocation of those Regulations by Part 2 of Schedule 1.

(2) Where, before the day on which section 75 (1) comes into operation, a contract was concluded to which Part 4 would apply if it had been concluded on or after that day, the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980 shall continue to have effect in relation to the contract as if the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 6 inserting a new section 38A into that Act and amending section 47 of it had not been made.

(3) Where, before the day on which section 97 (1) comes into operation, a contract was concluded to which Part 5 would apply if it had been concluded on or after that day, the European Union (Consumer Information, Cancellation and Other Rights) Regulations 2013 ( S.I. No. 484 of 2013 ) shall continue to have effect in relation to the contract notwithstanding the revocation of those Regulations by Part 2 of Schedule 1 .

(4) Where, before the day on which section 127 (1) comes into operation, a contract was concluded to which Part 6 would apply if it had been concluded on or after that day, the European Communities (Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 27 of 1995 ) shall continue to have effect in relation to the contract notwithstanding the revocation of those Regulations by Part 2 of Schedule 1.

(5) Where, but for section 150 (2), the amendment made by section 150 (1) would apply in relation to a hire-purchase agreement, sections 74 to 79 of the Act of 1995 shall continue to have effect in relation to the hire-purchase agreement notwithstanding the repeal of those sections of the Act of 1995 by Part 1 of Schedule 1 .

(6) Where, but for section 151 (2), the amendment made by section 151 (1) would apply in relation to a consumer-hire agreement, section 88 of the Act of 1995 shall continue to have effect in relation to the consumer-hire agreement as if the amendment made by section 151 (1) had not been made.

(7) Where by virtue of this section an enactment continues to have effect in relation to a contract, hire-purchase agreement or consumer-hire agreement, the amendments of enactments made by Parts 9 to 11 and 14 (and any repeal of an enactment by this Act which relates to any of those amendments) shall not have effect in the application of those enactments to the contract or, as the case may be, hire-purchase agreement or consumer-hire agreement.