To the Honourable T. W. Sheahan BA, LLB, MP,
Attorney General for New South Wales

SALE OF GOODS
SECOND REPORT

We make this Report under the reference from your predecessor, the Honourable Sir Kenneth M McCaw, QC, MLA, to review the law relating to the sale of goods.

Keith Mason QC
(Chairman)

Paul Byrne
(Commissioner)

The Honourable Mr Justice Andrew Rogers
(Commissioner)

The Honourable Mr Justice J R T Wood
(Commissioner)

Terms of Reference

To review the law relating to the sale of goods and to review the liability of manufacturers, sellers and other persons having a connexion in the course of trade with goods to buyers, users and other persons suffering damage through defects in goods, and to consider proposing uniform legislation on these subjects throughout the Commonwealth. The reference relating to the sale of goods does not include such special legislation as the Hire-Purchase Act, 1960, the Credit Sale Agreements Act, 1947-1960, and the Lay-by Sales Act, 1943, except as to incidental matters.

13th September 1966

Participants in this Report

Commissioners

For the purpose of this Report in the Sale of Goods Reference the following members of the Commission have acted as a Division constituted by the Chairman in accordance with s12A of the Law Reform Commission Act 1967.

Keith Mason QC (Chairman of the Commission and Commissioner in charge of reference)
Paul Byrne
The Honourable Mr Justice Andrew Rogers
The Honourable Mr Justice J R T Wood

Mr William J Tearle

Dr J W Carter

Mr W J Gillooly

Mr Kalinga Wijeyewardene

Mr John McMillan

Ms Lorna Clarke
Mrs Nozveen Nisha Khan
Mrs Margaret Edenborough
Ms Judith Grieves
Miss Meg Orr

Ms Beverley Caska

Ms Zoya Howes
Mrs Jennifer McMahon
Ms Dianne Wood