Consumer Rights Act 2015, Section 71 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 07 May 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Subsection (2) applies to proceedings before a court which relate to a term of a consumer contract.
(2)The court must consider whether the term is fair even if none of the parties to the proceedings has raised that issue or indicated that it intends to raise it.
(3)But subsection (2) does not apply unless the court considers that it has before it sufficient legal and factual material to enable it to consider the fairness of the term.
Commencement Information
I1S. 71 in force at 1.10.2015 by S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(c) (with art. 6(1))
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