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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 738 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0459\">459<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54962,"section_number":"59.1-297","catch_line":"Right of cancellation","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-297\/"},{"id":85709,"section_number":"59.1-298","catch_line":"Notice to buyer","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-298\/"},{"id":75243,"section_number":"59.1-299","catch_line":"Duration of contract","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-299\/"},{"id":66423,"section_number":"59.1-304","catch_line":"Notice of preservation of buyers' rights","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-304\/"},{"id":72661,"section_number":"59.1-305","catch_line":"Prohibition against assignment of health club contract cutting off buyer's right of action or defense against seller; conditions","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-305\/"}],"permalink":{"id":260691,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73149,"identifier":"59.1-310","token":"59.1\/24\/59.1-310","url":"\/59.1-310\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-310\/","token":"59.1\/24\/59.1-310","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-310","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Sections <a class=\"law\" title=\"Right of cancellation\" href=\"\/59.1-297\/\">59.1-297<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Notice to buyer\" href=\"\/59.1-298\/\">59.1-298<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Duration of contract\" href=\"\/59.1-299\/\">59.1-299<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Notice of preservation of buyers&#039; rights\" href=\"\/59.1-304\/\">59.1-304<\/a>, and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Prohibition against assignment of health club contract cutting off buyer&#039;s right of action or defense against seller; conditions\" href=\"\/59.1-305\/\">59.1-305<\/a> shall not apply to <span class=\"dictionary\">health club contracts<\/span> entered into before September 15, 2004.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY (\u00a7 59.1-310)\n\nSections 59.1-297, 59.1-298, 59.1-299, 59.1-304, and 59.1-305 shall not apply to\nhealth club contracts entered into before September 15, 2004.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 738; 2014, c. 459.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}