# Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

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- Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
- Type: Act
- Identifier: ukpga/1999/31
- Current as of: 22 April 2014
- Provisions: 10
- Official text: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/31
- Licence: [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)
- Attribution: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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## Provisions

- **s. 1 Right of third party to enforce contractual term**: (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person who is not a party to a contract (a “third party”) may in his own right enforce a term of the contract if—…
- **s. 2 Variation and rescission of contract**: (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, where a third party has a right under section 1 to enforce a term of the contract, the parties to the contract…
- **s. 3 Defences etc. available to promisor**: (1) Subsections (2) to (5) apply where, in reliance on section 1, proceedings for the enforcement of a term of a contract are brought by a third party. (2) The…
- **s. 4 Enforcement of contract by promisee**: Section 1 does not affect any right of the promisee to enforce any term of the contract.
- **s. 5 Protection of promisor from double liability**: Where under section 1 a term of a contract is enforceable by a third party, and the promisee has recovered from the promisor a sum in respect of— (a) the third…
- **s. 6 Exceptions**: (1) Section 1 confers no rights on a third party in the case of a contract on a bill of exchange, promissory note or other negotiable instrument. (2) Section 1…
- **s. 7 Supplementary provisions relating to third party**: (1) Section 1 does not affect any right or remedy of a third party that exists or is available apart from this Act. (2) Section 2(2) of the Unfair Contract…
- **s. 8 Arbitration provisions**: (1) Where— (a) a right under section 1 to enforce a term (“the substantive term”) is subject to a term providing for the submission of disputes to arbitration…
- **s. 9 Northern Ireland**: (1) In its application to Northern Ireland, this Act has effect with the modifications specified in subsections (2) and (3). (2) … (3) In section 7, for…
- **s. 10 Short title, commencement and extent**: (1) This Act may be cited as the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. (2) This Act comes into force on the day on which it is passed but, subject to…

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