§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if any further orders are to be made under section 12(4) of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherYes. I have made an order that the provisions of section 13 of this Act shall not apply to the services rendered to a building society by a director of the society or to those rendered to an industrial or provident society by a member of its committee of management or other directing body. The order is similar to the Supply of Service (Exclusion of Implied Terms) Order 1982, SI 1982/1771, which disapplies section 13 from the services rendered by company directors to their companies.
The degree of care and skill which such directors and managers owe to their societies in cases where the subject is not specifically covered in their contract will, therefore, as in the case of company directors, continue to be governed by the common law, which imposes a duty of care on them, rather than by the specific provisions of section 13 of the Act.