
The provision about the duration of transit is extended to refer to carriers by air (as well as carriers by land or water). Section 46(1) of the Sale of Goods Act 1908 The provision about the sale of necessaries to a person who is incompetent to contract is amended to refer to a person who is incompetent to contract by reason of intoxication (rather than drunkenness). Section 4(1) of the Sale of Goods Act 1908 The provisions relating to court orders concerning property are clarified to provide for orders to relate to the whole or any part of the property and for directions to deliver possession of the property to any other party to the proceeding. Section 7(5) of the Contractual Mistakes Act 1977 section 7(5) of the Illegal Contracts Act 1970 section 7(2) of the Minors’ Contracts Act 1969 The provisions are clarified as applying for the purposes of relief (regardless of whether the relief is granted in the course of any proceeding or on an application made for the purpose). Section 6(2) of the Contractual Mistakes Act 1977 The provision relating to uncertainty about whether a variation or discharge is prevented is extended to cover an obligation (as well as a promise). Section 7(1)(b) of the Contracts (Privity) Act 1982 The provision relating to when matters are treated as having been released or surrendered for the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of disposition is extended to cover a contract, power, or thing in action. Section 6(2)(d) of the Illegal Contracts Act 1970 section 8(3) of the Contractual Mistakes Act 1977
