The law-making process in England and Wales
6.2 An Act of Parliament
Having considered the various stages a Bill must go through before it becomes law, in the next activity it is time to have a look at a piece of legislation.
Activity 7 Concentrate on contracts
Read the first page of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977:
Figure 7 Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
Now write out in your own words what you think the Act is trying to achieve.
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Discussion
Its purpose is to control the use of the exclusion or limitation clauses that have been incorporated into a contract.
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