Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

72.   Right to accept goods or service

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    (1)   In accordance with article 306 of the Commercial Code, Cap. 244 of the Revised Edition of the Laws of Saint Lucia 1957, a consumer is deemed to have accepted goods when —

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      (a)     the consumer expressly or implicitly communicates to the supplier that the consumer has accepted the goods;

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      (b)     the goods have been delivered to the consumer, and the consumer does any act in relation to the goods that is inconsistent with the supplier's ownership of the goods; or

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      (c)     after the lapse of a reasonable time, the consumer retains the goods without informing the supplier that the consumer has rejected them.

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    (2)   Where a supplier delivers to a consumer a larger quantity of goods than the consumer agreed to buy, the consumer may accept the goods, and —

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      (a)     pay for the agreed quantity at the agreed rate; and

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      (b)     treat the excess quantity as unsolicited goods in accordance with section 73.

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    (3)   Where a supplier delivers to a consumer some of the goods the supplier agreed to sell together with goods of a different description not contemplated in the consumer agreement, the consumer may —

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      (a)     accept the goods that are in accordance with the consumer agreement and reject the remainder; or

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      (b)     reject all the goods.