http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/section/148Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024Statute Law Database2024-07-26Expert Participation2024-07-24 Part 3Enforcement of consumer protection lawChapter 2Relevant infringementsRelevant infringements 148 1 A commercial practice is a relevant infringement for the purposes of Chapter 3 or 4 if it— a harms the collective interests of consumers, b meets the UK connection condition (see section 149), and c meets the specified prohibition condition (see section 150). 2 In this Part— commercial practice” means an act or omission by a trader relating to the promotion or supply of— the trader’s goods, services or digital content to a consumer, another trader’s goods, services or digital content to a consumer, or a consumer’s goods, services or digital content to the trader or another person; consumer” means an individual acting for purposes that are wholly or mainly outside the individual’s business; trader” means— a person (“P”) acting for purposes relating to P’s business, or a person acting in the name of, or on behalf of, P for purposes relating to P’s business. 3 It is immaterial for the purposes of the definition of “commercial practice” in subsection (2) whether the act or omission takes place— a at the time of the promotion or supply in question, or b before or after that time. 4 It is immaterial for the purposes of the definition of “trader” in subsection (2) a in relation to paragraph (a) of that definition, whether P is acting personally or through another person acting in P’s name or on P’s behalf; b in relation to paragraph (b) of that definition, whether or not the purposes relating to P’s business are the only or main purposes for which the person is acting. 5 For the purposes of this Part a references to consumers include persons who may become consumers in the future; b the collective interests of consumers are capable of being harmed by a single act or omission (as well as by repeated acts or omissions). S. 148 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 339(1)
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