Does the Sale of Goods Act continue to be applicable to second-hand items bought from private individuals rather than professional traders in 2023?
<p>I have been told that the Consumer Rights Act 2015 only supersedes the Sale of Goods Act 1979 for second-hand items bought from companies, and not ones bought from individuals. Is this correct?</p>

<p>The Consumer Rights Act 2015 does not apply to goods other than those <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/15/section/3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">sold by a trader to a consumer</a>.</p>
<p>Almost always (as demonstrated in <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/a/91608/46948">several</a> <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/a/92414/46948">other</a> <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/q/91609/46948">answers</a>), the interaction between related legislation is explained in <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/q/91609/46948">explanatory notes</a>. In this case, <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/15/notes/division/2/5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">they say</a>:</p>
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<p>The [Sale of Goods Act] will still apply to... consumer to consumer contracts</p>
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