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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Sale of goods - Performance of contract - Rules about delivery

162: Demand or tender of delivery must be at reasonable hour

You could also call this:

“Giving or getting things should happen at a sensible time”

When you want to give or receive something, you need to do it at a sensible time. If you try to give or get something at a silly time, it might not count. What counts as a sensible time depends on the situation. It’s up to the people involved to decide if the time is right or not.

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Part 3 Sale of goods
Performance of contract: Rules about delivery

162Demand or tender of delivery must be at reasonable hour

  1. Demand or tender of delivery may be treated as having no effect unless made at a reasonable hour.

  2. The question of what is a reasonable hour is a question of fact.

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