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Consumer Protection Act 1999 · Updated to 1 Nov 2021 · Part V · Guarantees in Respect of Supply of Goods

33. Implied guarantee as to fitness for particular purpose

In plain English

Goods supplied to a consumer are guaranteed reasonably fit for any purpose the consumer makes known to the supplier. The same applies to any purpose the supplier says they suit. The guarantees do not apply if the consumer does not, or cannot reasonably, rely on the supplier's skill or judgment. The purpose need not be common for such goods.

Summary · Drafted with AI, checked against the official text on 30 Sep 2026.

(1)

Subject to subsection (2), the following guarantees shall be implied where goods are supplied to a consumer:

(a)

that the goods are reasonably fit for any particular purpose that the consumer makes known, expressly or by implication, to the supplier as the purpose for which the goods are being acquired by the consumer; and

(b)

that the goods are reasonably fit for any particular purpose for which the supplier represents that they are or will be fit.

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(2)

The implied guarantees referred to in subsection (1) shall not apply where the circumstances show that—

(a)

the consumer does not rely on the supplier’s skill or judgment; or

(b)

it is unreasonable for the consumer to rely on the supplier’s skill or judgment.

(3)

This section shall apply whether or not the purpose is a purpose as to which the goods are commonly supplied.

Terms defined in s 3

consumer
Defined · s 3
“consumer” means a person who— (a) acquires or uses goods or services of a kind ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic or household purpose, use or consumption; and (b) does not acquire or use the goods or services, or hold himself out as acquiring or using the goods or services, primarily for the purpose of— (i) resupplying them in trade; (ii) consuming them in the course of a manufacturing process; or (iii) in the case of goods, repairing or treating, in trade, other goods or fixtures on land;
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goods
Defined · s 3
“goods” means goods which are primarily purchased, used or consumed for personal, domestic or household purposes, and includes— (a) goods attached to, or incorporated in, any real or personal property; (b) animals, including fish; (c) vessels and vehicles; (d) utilities; and (e) trees, plants and crops whether on, under or attached to land or not, but does not include choses in action, including negotiable instruments, shares, debentures and money;
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supplier
Defined · s 3
“supplier” means a person who, in trade— (a) supplies goods to a consumer by transferring the ownership or the possession of the goods under a contract of sale, exchange, lease, hire or hire-purchase to which that person is a party; or (b) supplies services to a consumer, and includes— (i) where the rights of the supplier have been transferred by assignment or by operation of law, the person for the time being entitled to those rights; (ii) a financier who has lent money on the security of goods supplied to a consumer, if the whole or any part of the price of the goods is to be paid out of the proceeds of the loan and if the loan was arranged by a person who, in trade, supplied the goods; (iii) a person who, in trade, assigns or procures the assignment of goods to a financier to enable the financier to supply those goods, or goods of that kind, to the consumer; and (iv) a person who, in trade, is acting as agent for another person where that other person is not supplying in trade; *NOTE—This Act has replaced the Companies Act 1965 which came into operation on 31 January 2017–see subsection 620(1)…
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Part VI

Rights Against Suppliers in Respect of

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Part VII

Rights Against Manufacturers in Respect of

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Part VIII

Guarantees in Respect of Supply of Services

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Part IX

Rights Against Suppliers in Respect of Guarantees in the Supply of Services

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Part X

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Part XI

The National Consumer Advisory Council

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Part XII

The Tribunal for Consumer Claims

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Part XIII

Enforcement

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Part XIV

General and Miscellaneous

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