Graduate diploma - The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

2.2 Differentiate between
ownership, risk, delivery
and acceptance of goods
and analyse when each
passes from the seller to
the buyer
• S16 - S20 Sale of Goods
Act 1979 (ownership and
risk)
• S30 - Sale of Goods Act
1979 (Delivery)
• S31 - Sale of Goods Act
1979 (Instalment
deliveries)
• Common law rules relating
to instalment deliveries
• S34 - S35 Sale of Goods
Act 1979 (Acceptance).
2.3 Analyse the rules relating
to the passing of title by a
non-owner under
legislation and the
exceptions to these rules
• The Nemo dat rule
• Romalpa clauses
• Estoppel
• Sale by a mercantile agent
• Sale under a voidable title
• Sale by a seller in
possession
• Sale by a buyer in
possession
• Sale of a motor vehicle on
hire purchase
• Sale under a court order.
2.4 Evaluate the various
methods for circumventing
the problems created by
privity of contract
• Collateral contracts and
warranties
• Negligence
• Indemnity clauses
• Agency arrangements
• Consumer Protection Act
1987 part one
• Contract (Rights of Third
Parties) Act 1999
• Assignment and novation
of rights and obligations to
a third party.
2.5 Identify and analyse the
legal principles that apply
to agency and bailment
• Creation of agency
• Rights and duties of agents
and principals
• Relationship of principal
/agent with third parties
• Responsibilities that arise
from a bailment
relationship.
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3.0 SPECIFIC UK AND EU
REGULATIONS AFFECTING
THE PURCHASING
FUNCTION
(Weighting 25%)
3.1 Determine the collateral
legal obligations that arise
from a tendering process
(including e-tendering)
• Tendering processes
• Legal status of the
tender bid
• Open and closed tenders
• Duty to consider all
compliant tenders
• Equal and timely access to
information
• Fair treatment and good
faith
• Post award negotiations
• Avoidance of the battle of
the forms.