48Contracts covered by this Chapter
(1)This Chapter applies to a contract for a trader to supply a service to a consumer.
(2)That does not include a contract of employment or apprenticeship.
(3)In relation to Scotland, this Chapter does not apply to a gratuitous contract.
(4)A contract to which this Chapter applies is referred to in this Part as a “contract to supply a service”.
(5)The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument provide that a provision of this Chapter does not apply in relation to a service of a description specified in the order.
(6)The power in subsection (5) includes power to provide that a provision of this Chapter does not apply in relation to a service of a description specified in the order in the circumstances so specified.
(7)An order under subsection (5) may contain transitional or transitory provision or savings.
(8)No order may be made under subsection (5) unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.