Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007

3 “Consumer” and “consumer matters” U.K.

(1) In this Part “consumer” and “consumer matters” have the meaning given by this section.

(2) “Consumer” means—

(a) a person who purchases, uses or receives, in Great Britain, goods or services which are supplied in the course of a business carried on by the person supplying or seeking to supply them, or

(b) a person who purchases, uses or receives relevant postal services in Northern Ireland.

(3) “Consumer” includes both an existing consumer and a future consumer.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (2)—

(a) a person who uses services includes, in relation to relevant postal services, an addressee;

(b) “goods” includes land or an interest in land;

(c) “business” includes a profession and the activities of any government department, local or public authority or other public body.

(5) “Consumer matters” means—

(a) the interests of consumers, and

(b) any matter connected with those interests.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 3 in force at 21.12.2007 by S.I. 2007/3546, art. 3, Sch.