Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for private use " in BNC.
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| 1 | By section 5 of the 1987 Act , the liability covered by Part I of the Act extends to : a ) death or personal injury , b ) damage to or destruction of any item of property ( including land ) other than the defective product itself ( there is a lower threshold of £275 before a claim can be made ) provided that the property ; i ) is the type normally intended for private use and consumption , and ii ) it is used mainly for the private use or consumption of the person claiming . |
| 2 | of a description of property ordinarily intended for private use , occupation or consumption ; and |
| 3 | Consumer goods are those ‘ which are ordinarily intended for private use or consumption ’ but the following are excluded : growing crops , things comprised in land by being attached to it , water , food , feeding stuff or fertiliser , gas supplied by persons authorised under the Gas Act 1986 , aircraft ( other than hang-gliders ) motor vehicles , controlled drugs , licensed medicinal products and tobacco . |
| 4 | Thus s5(3) states : ( 3 ) A person shall not be liable under section 2 above for any loss of or damage to any property which , at the time it is lost or damaged , is not- ( a ) of a description of property ordinarily intended for private use , occupation or consumption ; and ( b ) intended by the person suffering the loss or damage mainly for his own private use , occupation or consumption . |
| 5 | It follows from this that a consumer who uses an appliance which is not " ordinarily intended for private use " , such as a heavy goods vehicle , will not be covered beyond death or personal injury under the CPA 1987 . |
| 6 | the goods are of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption . |
| 7 | ‘ ( 1 ) A party to a contract ‘ deals as consumer ’ in relation to another party if — ; ( a ) he neither makes the contract in the course of a business nor holds himself out as doing so ; and ( b ) the other party does make the contract in the course of a business ; and ( c ) … the goods passing under or in pursuance of the contract are of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption . |
| 8 | ( ii ) goods ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption ( " consumer goods " ) . |
| 9 | The most difficult point about this section is that its application is necessarily limited to goods " of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption " by the operation of s 12(1) ( c ) . |
| 10 | The scope of this section is wide , since there are three reasons why a person may be dealing otherwise than as a consumer : first , because he is a businessman ( see s 12(1) ( a ) ) ; second , because the other party is not a businessman ( see s 12(1) ( b ) ) ; and third , because the goods are not of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption ( see s 12(1) ( c ) ) . |
| 11 | Section 5 prevents this practice completely , by providing that avoidance of liability for defective goods caused by negligence of the person involved in their manufacture or distribution can not be excluded by a term or notice in a " guarantee " of goods ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption as against a person who has found the goods to be defective while he was using them , or while they were in his possession , otherwise than exclusively for the purposes of a business . |
| 12 | That section applies to terms in guarantees and provides that a person can not , by reference to a term in a guarantee of goods of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption , exclude or restrict liability for any loss or damage caused by the goods proving defective whilst in consumer use as a result of negligence in manufacture . |
| 13 | A party to a contract " deals as a consumer " in relation to another party if — ( a ) he neither makes the contract in the course of a business nor holds himself out as doing so ; and ( b ) the other party does make the contract in the course of a business ; and ( c ) in the case of a contract governed by the law of sale of goods or hire-purchase , or by section 7 of this Act [ ie other contracts of supply ] the goods passing under or in pursuance of the contract are of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption . |
| 14 | In cases involving the supply of goods ( which is the only case where consumer status makes a difference to the effect of a term in a standard term contract ) the definition is , of course , restricted by the third limb of the definition of " consumer " : the buyer only deals as a consumer if the goods are of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption . |
| 15 | Section 12(1) of UCTA 1977 provides as follows : 12 – ( 1 ) A party to a contract " deals as consumer " in relation to another party if ( a ) he neither makes the contract in the course of a business nor holds himself out as doing so ; and ( b ) the other party does make the contract in the course of a business ; and ( c ) in the case of a contract governed by the law of sale of goods or hire-purchase , or by section 7 of this Act , the goods passing under or in pursuance of the contract are of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption . |
| 16 | The requirement that the goods must be of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption is obviously problematic . |
| 17 | Section 5(1) of UCTA 1977 states : 5- ( 1 ) In the case of goods of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption , where loss or damage ( a ) arises from the goods proving defective while in consumer use ; and ( b ) results from the negligence of a person concerned in the manufacture or distribution of the goods , liability for the loss or damage can not be excluded or restricted by reference to any contract term or notice contained in or operating by reference to a guarantee of the goods . |
| 18 | As already mentioned , s5 of UCTA 1977 restricts the ability of a manufacturer , in the case of goods ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption , to exclude liability for negligence . |
| 19 | Cigarettes are a type of goods ordinarily bought for private use or consumption and it has been held ( for the purpose of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 ) that a private members ' club is not a business , John v. Matthews ( 1910 D.C. ) , see paragraph 16 — 04 below . |
| 20 | Last year the council called in the police to investigate claims that council-owned building materials had been allegedly misappropriated for private use . |