The owner shall serve
or cause to be served on the hirer within 21 days after the making of a
hire-purchase agreement —
(a) a
copy of the agreement in writing; and
(b) a
notice in writing in or to the effect of the Second Schedule, which notice may
be endorsed on the copy of the agreement; and
(c)
where any part of the total amount payable consists of an amount paid or to be
paid under a policy of insurance (not being a policy of third party
insurance), a copy of the policy or a statement in writing of the terms,
conditions and exclusions of the policy that affect or concern the rights of
the hirer,
but failure to comply
with the provisions of this section does not avoid the agreement.