Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act 2003 · 2020 Revised Edition · Schedules
Schedule 1 · Excluded transactions in relation to consumer transactions
Feedback & supportFIRST SCHEDULESections 2(1) and 42Excluded transactions in relation to consumer transactions
consumer
“consumer” means an individual who, otherwise than exclusively in the course of business —(a)receives or has the right to receive goods or services from a supplier; or(b)has a legal obligation to pay a supplier for goods or services that have been or are to be supplied to another individual;
1. The term “consumer transaction” does not include any of the following transactions:
consumer transaction
“consumer transaction” means —(a)the supply of goods or services by a supplier to a consumer as a result of a purchase, lease, gift, contest or other arrangement; or(b)an agreement between a supplier and a consumer, as a result of a purchase, lease, gift, contest or other arrangement, in which the supplier is to supply goods or services to the consumer or to another consumer specified in the agreement,but does not include any transaction specified in the First Schedule;
acquisition of an estate or interest in any immovable property (but not including any lease of residential property granted in consideration of rent or any time share contract);
residential property
“residential property” means any house, flat or other premises which is permitted to be used pursuant to any written law as a dwelling house and any such house, flat or other premises which is in the course of being constructed;
(to avoid doubt) service provided under a contract of employment.[S 387/2016; 7/2012]