{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-protection-amendment-regulations-2014/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-protection-amendment-regulations-2014/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/870",
  "legislation_title": "The Consumer Protection (Amendment) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-protection-amendment-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 10 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (negligent misrepresentation), after subsection (2) insert—\n“(3) This section does not entitle a person to be paid damages in respect of a misrepresentation if the person has a right to redress under Part 4A of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1277) in respect of the conduct constituting the misrepresentation.\n(4) Subsection (3) does not prevent a debtor from bringing a claim under section 75(1) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 against a creditor under a debtor-creditor-supplier agreement in a case where, but for subsection (4), the debtor would have a claim against the supplier in respect of a misrepresentation (and, where section 75 of that Act would otherwise apply, it accordingly applies as if the debtor had a claim against the supplier).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 1.10.2014, see reg. 1(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c.73."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/870/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:20:31.321190+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."
}