Sale of Goods and Related Legislation in other Jurisdictions

Links to Sale of Goods and Related Legislation in other Jurisdictions
1. Ireland
• Restatement of Sale of Goods Act 1893 and Part II of Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980
• Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980
2. United Kingdom
• Sale of Goods Act 1979
• Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982
• Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1994
• Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994
• Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1995
• Factors Act 1889
3. Australia
Commonwealth
• Trade Practices Act 1974 (Divisions 2 and 2A Part V: Conditions and Warranties in Consumer Transactions, and Actions Against Manufacturers and Importers of Goods; Part VA: Liability of Manufacturers and Importers for Defective Goods.
Australian Capital Territory
• Sale of Goods Act 1954
• Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1987
New South Wales
• Sale of Goods Act 1923
• Minors (Property and Contracts) Act 1970
• Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1986
• Fair Trading Act 1987 – Part 4, Division 4: Conditions and Warranties in Consumer Transactions; Division 5: Actions against Importers and Manufacturers.
• Uncollected Goods Act 1995
• Consumer Claims Act 1998
Northern Territory
• Sale of Goods Act 1972
• Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1987
• Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act
Queensland
• Sale of Goods Act 1896
• Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1986
• Fair Trading Act 1989 – Part 3, Division 5: express warranties concerning defective goods or services
South Australia
• Sale of Goods Act 1895
• Mercantile Law Act 1936
• Consumer Transactions Act 1972
• Goods Securities Act 1986
• Frustrated Contracts Act 1988
Tasmania
• Sale of Goods Act 1896
• Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1987
• Fair Trading Act 1990
Western Australia
• Sale of Goods Act 1895
• Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1986
• Fair Trading Act 1987 – Part III Conditions and Warranties in Consumer Transactions
Victoria
• Goods Act 1958
• Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1987
• Fair Trading Act 1999 – 2A: implied conditions and warranties in contracts of supply; 2B: unfair terms in consumer contracts; 2C: frustrated contracts
4. Canada
Uniform Law Conference of Canada
• Draft Sale of Goods Act (never enacted)
Federal
• International Sale of Goods Contracts Convention Act 1991
Alberta
• Sale of Goods Act 2000
British Columbia
• Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act 2004
• International Sale of Goods Act 1990
• Sale of Goods Act 1996
Ontario
• Sale of Goods Act 1990
• International Sale of Goods Act 1990
Manitoba
• Sale of Goods Act 1987
• International Sale of Goods Act 1989
• Consumer Protection Act 1987
New Brunswick
• Sale of Goods Act 1973
• International Sale of Goods Act 1989
Newfoundland
• Sale of Goods Act 1990
• International Sale of Goods Act 1990
Nova Scotia
• International Sale of Goods Act 1988
• Sale of Goods Act 1989
Saskatchewan
• Sale of Goods Act 1978
• International Sale of Goods Act 1990
• Consumer Protection Act 1996
Quebec
• An Act Respecting the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1991
5. Hong Kong
• Sale of Goods Ordinance 1997
6. Singapore
• Sale of Goods Act 1893 (as amended by Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1996)
7. New Zealand
• Sale of Goods Act 1908
• Contractual Mistakes Act 1977
• Contractual Remedies Act 1979
• Fair Trading Act 1986
• Consumer Guarantees Act 1993
• Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Act 1994
8. United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980)
• CISG
9. United States Uniform Commercial Code
• Article 2 - Sales
10. Study Group on a European Civil Code & Research Group on EC Private Law
• Outline Edition of Draft Common Frame of Reference 2009
11. Proposed EU Directive on Consumer Rights
• Text and Background Material
Links to Reviews of Sale of Goods and Related Legislation in other Jurisdictions
1. IRELAND
Law Reform Commission Reports
• Privity of Contract and Third Party Rights (2008)
• Vulnerable Adults and the Law (2006)
• United Nations (Vienna) Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1992)
• Debt Collection: Retention of Title (1989)
• Minors' Contracts (1985)
2. ENGLAND AND WALES
Law Commission of England and Wales Reports (* indicates joint paper with Scottish Law Commission)
• Consumer Remedies for Faulty Goods: Report (2009)*
• Consumer Remedies for Faulty Goods: Summary of Responses to Discussion Paper (2009)*
• Consumer Remedies for Faulty Goods: Discussion Paper (2008)*
• Company Security Interests (2005)
• Unfair Terms in Contracts: Final Report (2002)*
• Electronic Commerce: Formal Requirements in Commercial Transactions (2001)
• Privity of Contract: Contracts for the Benefit of Third Parties (1996)
3. SCOTLAND
Scottish Law Commission Reports
• Remedies for Breach of Contract: Report (1999)
• Remedies for Breach of Contract: Discussion Paper (1999)
• Report on Three Bad Rules in Contract Law (1996)
• Formation of Contract: Scottish Law and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1993)
4. AUSTRALIA
(a) Law Reform Commission of New South Wales
Issues Paper: Sale of Goods (1988)
Sale of Goods (1987)
First Report on the Sale of Goods (1972)
Innocent Misrepresentation: Report (1973)
Innocent Misrepresentation: Working Paper (1972)
(b) Queensland Law Reform Commission
• Minors' Civil Law Capacity (1996)
• Statute of Frauds: Working Paper (1970)
(c) Law Reform Commission of Western Australia
• The Sale of Goods Act 1895: Discussion Paper (1995)
• Equitable Rules in Contracts for the Sale of Goods: Discussion Paper (1995)
• The Sale of Goods Act 1985: Final Report (1998)
(d) Other Australian Sites of Interest
• Australian Contract and Consumer Law Developments
5. CANADA
(a) Uniform Law Conference of Canada
• Electronic Commerce
• Sale of Goods and Other Commercial Law Projects
• Proceedings of Annual Meeting 1981 (Appendix S, pp. 185-321, deals with the proposed Draft Uniform Sale of Goods Act).
(b) Alberta Law Reform Institute
• Discussion Paper on Liens (1992)
• Statute of Frauds (1985)
• The Uniform Sale of Goods Act (1982)
• Research Paper on Statute of Frauds (1979)
• Minors' Contracts (1975)
(c) British Columbia Law Reform Group
• Unfair Contract Terms: Interim Report (2005)
• Unfair Contract Terms: Consultation Paper (2004)
• Report on the Uniform Liens Act (2003)
(d) New Brunswick Law Reform Commission
• Reports on Consumer Guarantees and Sale of Goods (1974-1976)
(e) Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia
• Privity of Contract: Final Report (2004)
• Privity of Contract: Discussion Paper (2004)
(f) Ontario Law Reform Commission of Ontario
• Research Paper No. II(8): Mistakes in Contracts for the Sale of Goods (1975)
• Research Paper No.II(7): The Doctrine of Frustration in the Law of Sales (1974)
6. HONG KONG
Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong
• Privity of Contract: Report (2005)
• Privity of Contract: Consultation Paper (2004)
• Contracts for the Supply of Goods: Report (2002)
• Contracts for the Supply of Goods: Consultation Paper (2000)
• Sale of Goods and Supply of Services: Report (1990)
• The Control of Exemption Clauses: Report (1986)
7. INDIA
Law Commission of India
• Unfair Terms (Procedural and Substantive) in Contracts (2006)
• Sale of Goods Act 1930 (1958)
8. New Zealand Law Reform Commission
• Electronic Commerce Report Part Three (2000)
• Electronic Commerce Report Part Two (1999)
• Electronic Commerce Report Part One (1998)
• Electronic Commerce Project: Study Paper On International Trade Conventions (2000)
• Repeal of the Contracts Enforcement Act 1956: Discussion Paper (1997)
• The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1992)
9. Singapore
(a) Law Reform and Revision Division of Attorney General’s Chambers
• Report on Contracts (Right of Third Parties) Bill 2001
(b) Law Reform Committee of the Singapore Academy of Law
• Review of the Parol Evidence Rule (2006)
• The Impact of the Regulatory Framework on E-Commerce (2002)
• Reform of the Bills of Sale Act 1886 (1996)
• United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Should Singapore Ratify? (1994)


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