Hire-Purchase Act 1965

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Hire-Purchase Act 1965[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to hire-purchase, credit-sale and conditional sale agreements in England and Wales; with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.
Citation1965 c. 66
Territorial extent England and Wales[b]
Dates
Royal assent5 August 1965
Commencement1 October 1965[c]
Repealed19 May 1985[d]
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byConsumer Credit Act 1974
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Hire-Purchase Act 1965 (c. 66) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to hire-purchase, credit-sale and conditional sale agreements in England and Wales.[1]

The Hire-Purchase (Scotland) Act 1965 and the Hire-Purchase Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 made equivalent provisions for Scotland and Northern Ireland, respectively.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 59 of the act repealed 3 enactments, listed in schedule 6 to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 53 Hire-Purchase Act 1938 The whole act.
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 51 Hire-Purchase Act 1954 The whole act.
1964 c. 53 Hire-Purchase Act 1964 Part I. Sections 33, 34(2) and (3), 35(1), 37(2) and (4). Schedule 1. Schedule 4, except so much of it as relates to the Advertisements (Hire-Purchase) Act 1957. Schedules 5 and 6.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 192(3)(b) of, and schedule 5 to, the Consumer Credit Act 1974, which came into operation on 19 May 1985.[3]

Notes

  1. Section 62(1).
  2. Section 62(2).
  3. Section 61(1).
  4. The Consumer Credit Act 1974 (Commencement No. 8) Order 1983 (SI 1983/1551).

References

  1. Ziegel, J. S. (1965). "Hire-Purchase Reformed". The Cambridge Law Journal. 23 (1): 59–92. doi:10.1017/S0008197300114102.
  2. "Hire-Purchase Act 1965", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1965 c. 66
  3. "Consumer Credit Act 1974", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1974 c. 39