Consumer Protection Act 1999 · Updated to 1 Nov 2021 · Part VI · Rights Against Suppliers in Respect of
41. Options against suppliers where goods do not comply with guarantees
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If goods fail a guarantee, the consumer may require the supplier to fix a fixable failure within a reasonable time. If the supplier does not, the consumer may have it fixed elsewhere and claim reasonable costs. For an unfixable or substantial failure, the consumer may reject the goods or claim lost value. Other proven loss may also be claimed.
Summary · Drafted with AI, checked against the official text on 30 Sep 2026.
Where a consumer has a right of redress against the supplier under this Part in respect of the failure of any goods to comply with a guarantee under Part V, the consumer may exercise the following remedies:
consumer
“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;
where the failure is one that can be remedied, the consumer may require the supplier to remedy the failure within a reasonable time in accordance with section 42; and
where the failure is one that cannot be remedied or is of a substantial character within the meaning of section 44, the consumer may—
subject to section 43, reject the goods in accordance with section 45; or
obtain from the supplier damages in compensation for any reduction in the value of the goods below the price paid or payable by the consumer for the goods.
In addition to the remedies under subsection (1), the consumer may obtain from the supplier damages for any loss or damage suffered by the consumer, other than loss or damage through a reduction in the value of the goods, which is proved to be a result or consequence of the failure.
supplier
“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)…
Where the supplier refuses or neglects to remedy the failure as required under paragraph (1)(a), or refuses or neglects to do so within a reasonable time, the consumer may—
have the failure remedied elsewhere and obtain from the supplier all reasonable costs incurred in having the failure remedied; or
subject to section 43, reject the goods in accordance with section 45.
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