1 Right of third party to enforce contractual term
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (1999 c 31) | Legislation

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—

(a)     the contract expressly provides that he may, or

(b)     subject to subsection (2), the term purports to confer a benefit on him.

(2)     Subsection (1)(b) does not apply if on a proper construction

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