Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional... · PART 3 Right to cancel

29 Right to cancel

reg. 29 · in force: yes

Captured statutory text (L5)

29 Right to cancel

(1)The consumer may cancel a distance or off-premises contract at any time in the cancellation period without giving any reason, and without incurring any liability except under these provisions—

(a)regulation 34(3) (where enhanced delivery chosen by consumer);

(b)regulation 34(9) (where value of goods diminished by consumer handling);

(c)regulation 35(5) (where goods returned by consumer);

(d)regulation 36(4) (where consumer requests early supply of service).

(2)The cancellation period begins when the contract is entered into and ends in accordance with regulation 30 or 31.

(3)Paragraph (1) does not affect the consumer's right to withdraw an offer made by the consumer to enter into a distance or off-premises contract, at any time before the contract is entered into, without giving any reason and without incurring any liability.

Full captured verbatim text

(1) The consumer may cancel a distance or off-premises contract at any time in the cancellation period without giving any reason, and without incurring any liability except under these provisions—

(a) regulation 34(3) (where enhanced delivery chosen by consumer);

(b) regulation 34(9) (where value of goods diminished by consumer handling);

(c) regulation 35(5) (where goods returned by consumer);

(d) regulation 36(4) (where consumer requests early supply of service).

(2) The cancellation period begins when the contract is entered into and ends in accordance with regulation 30 or 31.

(3) Paragraph (1) does not affect the consumer's right to withdraw an offer made by the consumer to enter into a distance or off-premises contract, at any time before the contract is entered into, without giving any reason and without incurring any liability.

What this provision means

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Relevance to Signicat: 1/3 · detailed summary (L4) Status: not needed for a short provision · Stored artifact; current recipe verification unavailable

Grants consumers the statutory right to cancel a contract or withdraw an offer without giving any reason.

Only the one-line summary above is stored for this provision; the text itself is the evidence.

Refers to

cross-reference internal_cite · reg. 30

cross-reference internal_cite · reg. 31

cross-reference internal_cite · reg. 34

cross-reference internal_cite · reg. 35

cross-reference internal_cite · reg. 36

Referred to by

cross-reference internal_cite · reg. 32

cross-reference internal_cite · reg. 33

cross-reference internal_cite · reg. 35

cross-reference internal_cite · reg. 36

cross-reference internal_cite · reg. 37

cross-reference internal_cite · reg. 38

Part summaries

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Verification findings (73)

synthesis coverage: missing/unverified L2 part-1

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Change history as published

Reg. 24 revoked (1.10.2015) by The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1726), art. 1, Sch. para. 7 (with art. 4)

Reg. 25 revoked (1.10.2015) by The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1726), art. 1, Sch. para. 7 (with art. 4)

Reg. 26 revoked (1.10.2015) by The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1726), art. 1, Sch. para. 7 (with art. 4)

Pt. 5 omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Consumer Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1629), reg. 8 · repeated 2×

Pending effects amendments not yet applied to this text

reg. 5 words inserted by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 s. 279(4) · Effective date unknown · reg. 5

reg. 7(4A) inserted by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 s. 279(5) · Effective date unknown · reg. 7

reg. 27(3A) inserted by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 s. 279(6) · Effective date unknown · reg. 27

Provenance

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Instrument: uk:uksi/2013/3134
Part: PART 3 Right to cancel
Version: 7b33cb211d7b974abbffe9ac…
Content hash: sha256 a0be5c24d103b4394a1236e9…
Source: legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/3134