Consumer Protection Law

[flip_flop]

Can anybody point me in the right direction please of the relevent law which states if an electrical item goes wrong within 6 months of purchase it is automatically considered to be fault.

Many thanks

[hc4361]

Sale of Goods Act 1979

[hc4361]

Actually flip-flop, it is not as straightforward as that. Within the first 6 months it is up to the seller to prove there is not an inherent fault, after 6 months it up to the buyer to prove there is such a fault.

[flip_flop]

Thank you.

[tonywiltshire]

As hc4 says it is the sale of goods act 1979 as amended by the sale and supply of goods act 1994. Goods, which fail within the first 6 months, are found to have been supplied in an unsatisfactory condition and it is for the supplier to show they have subsequently been damaged, perhaps by being dropped or incorrectly used.
Satisfactory quality is defined in section 14 (2B) the word satisfactory was introduced in the 94 act prior to which it was merchantable quality a term of uncertain legal meaning.