Queensland Consolidated Acts

SALE OF GOODS ACT 1896 - SECT 32

32 Delivery of wrong quantity

(1) When the seller delivers to the buyer a quantity of goods less than the seller contracted to sell, the buyer may reject them, but if the buyer accepts the goods so delivered the buyer must pay for them at the contract rate.

(2) When the seller delivers to the buyer a quantity of goods larger than the seller contracted to sell, the buyer may accept the goods included in the contract and reject the rest, or the buyer may reject the whole.

(2A) If the buyer accepts the whole of the goods so delivered the buyer must pay for them at the contract rate.

(3) When the seller delivers to the buyer the goods which the seller contracted to sell mixed with goods of a different description not included in the contract, the buyer may accept the goods which are in accordance with the contract and reject the rest, or the buyer may reject the whole.

(4) The provisions of this section are subject to any usage of trade special agreement, or course of dealing between the parties.