Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

23.   Entitlement to rebates

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    (1)   Subject to subsection (4), where the hire-purchase price is paid before the date of final payment, a hirer shall be entitled to a rebate—

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      (a)     of the hire-purchase charges;

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      (b)     for insurance, if the hirer requires any contract for insurance in respect of which he or she has been debited with the premiums under the hire-purchase agreement;

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      (c)     for maintenance or repairs, if the hirer requires any contract for maintenance or repairs in respect of which he or she has been charged under the hire-purchase agreement.

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    (2)   For the purposes of this section a rebate—

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      (a)     of the hire-purchase charges—

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        (i)     means the hire-purchase charges multiplied by the remaining months of the hire-purchase agreement divided by the total number of months needed to complete the hire-purchase agreement;

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        (ii)     where it is agreed in a hire-purchase agreement that the hire-purchase charges have been calculated on a simple interest basis at a rate specified in the hire-purchase agreement on the amount not including the hire-purchase charges outstanding from month to month, means the attributable to the period of completed months still to go under the hire-purchase agreement;

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      (b)     for insurance means the sum of the total amount of premium paid in respect of any annual period not yet commenced;

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      (c)     for maintenance or repairs means the amount derived by multiplying the amount charged for maintenance or repairs by the number of months remaining under the hire-purchase agreement and dividing the result by the total number of months needed to complete the hire-purchase agreement.

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    (3)   The hirer shall not be entitled to rebates if—

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      (a)     the regular price of the goods comprised in the hire-purchase agreement is less than $100;

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      (b)     the hirer is not bound to pay anything for hire-purchase charges, insurance, maintenance or repairs.