Enterprise Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 9:45 am on 16 May 2002.
'(1) This section has effect for the purpose of references in this Part to a person supplying or seeking to supply goods under—
(a) a hire-purchase agreement;
(b) a credit-sale agreement;
(c) a conditional sale agreement.
(2) The references include references to a person who conducts any antecedent negotiations relating to the agreement.
(3) The following expressions must be construed in accordance with section 189 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974—
(a) hire-purchase agreement;
(b) credit-sale agreement;
(c) conditional sale agreement;
(d) antecedent negotiations.'.—[Miss Melanie Johnson.]
Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.
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When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
