Consumer Rights Act 2022
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Offence | ||
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140. (1) This section applies where an authorised body— | ||
(a) publishes under section 139 (1) a copy of an order under section 137 (1) declaring that the term of a consumer contract to which the order relates is unfair, or | ||
(b) publishes a notice under section 139 (3) setting out that term. | ||
(2) Where, after the date on which the authorised body publishes an order or notice in respect of which this section applies, a trader— | ||
(a) enters into a consumer contract containing the term to which the order or notice, as the case may be, relates, or | ||
(b) seeks to rely on that term in a consumer contract (whenever concluded), | ||
the trader commits an offence. |