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—

    1. a

      introducing individuals who want to obtain credit to persons carrying on any business so far as it relates to the provision of credit,

    2. 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

    3. c

      introducing individuals who want to obtain credit, or to obtain goods on hire, to other persons engaged in credit brokerage;

  • delivery” means voluntary transfer of possession from one person to another;

  • enactment” includes—

    1. a

      an enactment contained in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978,

    2. b

      an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales,

    3. c

      an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament, and

    4. d

      an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation;

  • producer”, in relation to goods or digital content, means—

    1. a

      the manufacturer,

    2. b

      the importer into the F1United Kingdom, or

    3. 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.

2

References in this Part to treating a contract as at an end are to be read in accordance with section 19(13).