# Consumer Credit Act 1974, Section 83: Liability for misuse of credit facilities.


(1) The debtor under a regulated consumer credit agreement shall not be liable to the creditor for any loss arising from use of the credit facility by another person not acting, or to be treated as acting, as the debtor’s agent.
(2) This section does not apply to a non-commercial agreement, or to any loss in so far as it arises from misuse of an instrument to which section 4 of the Cheques Act 1957 applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/39/section/83 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-act-1974/section-83
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