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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 9(2) of the Consumer Arbitration Agreements Act 1988 provides that the Act shall have effect in relation to contracts made on or after a day to be appointed by order and for the appointment of different days for different provisions.

The Order appoints 1st February 1989 for sections 6 to 8 of the Act which extend to Scotland.

The Consumer Arbitration Agreements Act 1988 (Appointed Day No. 1) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1598) appointed 1st October 1988 for sections 1 to 5 of the Act which extend to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.