{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-act-1974/section-187A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-act-1974/section-187A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/39",
  "legislation_title": "Consumer Credit Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-act-1974",
  "path": "section/187A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "187A",
  "heading": "Definition of ‘default sum’",
  "text": "(1) In this Act ‘default sum’ means, in relation to the debtor or hirer under a regulated agreement, a sum (other than a sum of interest) which is payable by him under the agreement in connection with a breach of the agreement by him.\n(2) But a sum is not a default sum in relation to the debtor or hirer simply because, as a consequence of his breach of the agreement, he is required to pay it earlier than he would otherwise have had to.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 187A inserted (16.6.2006) by Consumer Credit Act 2006 (c. 14), ss. {18(1)}, 71(2); S.I. 2006/1508, art. 3(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/39/section/187A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:43:44.026464+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}