PART 1Consumer contracts for goods, digital content and services
CHAPTER 5General and supplementary provisions
I1I259Interpretation
1
These definitions apply in this Part (as well as the key definitions in section 2)—
“conditional sales contract” has the meaning given in section 5(3);
“Consumer Rights Directive” means Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;
“credit-broker” means a person acting in the course of a business of credit brokerage carried on by that person;
“credit brokerage” means—
- a
introducing individuals who want to obtain credit to persons carrying on any business so far as it relates to the provision of credit,
- b
introducing individuals who want to obtain goods on hire to persons carrying on a business which comprises or relates to supplying goods under a contract for the hire of goods, or
- c
introducing individuals who want to obtain credit, or to obtain goods on hire, to other persons engaged in credit brokerage;
- a
“delivery” means voluntary transfer of possession from one person to another;
“enactment” includes—
- a
an enactment contained in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978,
- b
an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales,
- c
an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament, and
- d
an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation;
- a
“producer”, in relation to goods or digital content, means—
- a
the manufacturer,
- b
the importer into the European Economic Area, or
- c
any person who purports to be a producer by placing the person's name, trade mark or other distinctive sign on the goods or using it in connection with the digital content.
- a
2
References in this Part to treating a contract as at an end are to be read in accordance with section 19(13).