Queensland Consolidated Acts

SALE OF GOODS ACT 1896 - SECT 4

4 Sale and agreement to sell

(1) A contract of sale of goods is a contract whereby the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a money consideration, called the
"price" .

(1A) There may be a contract of sale between one part owner and another.

(2) A contract of sale may be absolute or conditional.

(3) When under a contract of sale the property in the goods is transferred from the seller to the buyer the contract is called a
"sale" ; but when the transfer of the property in the goods is to take place at a future time or subject to some condition thereafter to be fulfilled the contract is called an
"agreement to sell" .

(4) An agreement to sell becomes a sale when the time has elapsed or the conditions have been fulfilled subject to which the property in the goods is to be transferred.