New Zealand Legislation: Acts

21 Failure of substantial character

• For the purposes of section 18(3) of this Act, a failure to comply with a guarantee is of a substantial character in any case where—

  • (a) The goods would not have been acquired by a reasonable consumer fully acquainted with the nature and extent of the failure; or

  • (b) The goods depart in one or more significant respects from the description by which they were supplied or, where they were supplied by reference to a sample or demonstration model, from the sample or demonstration model; or

  • (c) The goods are substantially unfit for a purpose for which goods of the type in question are commonly supplied or, where section 8(1) of this Act applies, the goods are unfit for a particular purpose made known to the supplier or represented by the supplier to be a purpose for which the goods would be fit, and the goods cannot easily and within a reasonable time be remedied to make them fit for such purpose; or

  • (d) The goods are not of acceptable quality within the meaning of section 7 of this Act because they are unsafe.