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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-rights-act-2015/schedule-5/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/15",
  "legislation_title": "Consumer Rights Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-rights-act-2015",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n...\n“document” includes information recorded in any form;\n“enforcement order” means an order under section 156 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024;\n“final enforcement notice” means a notice under paragraph 16C(2) of this Schedule;\n“firm” means any entity, whether or not a legal person, that is not an individual and includes a body corporate, a corporation sole and a partnership or other unincorporated association;\n“interim enforcement order” means an order under section 159 of that Act;\n“interim online interface order” means an order under section 162 of that Act;\n“online interface order” means an order under section 161 of that Act;\n“Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices” means Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC.\n“Regulation (EU) 2017/746 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices” means Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices and repealing Directive 98/79/EC and Commission Decision 2010/227/EU;\n“the Regulation on Accreditation and Market Surveillance” means Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93.\n“the Market Surveillance Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and compliance of products and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011;\n“relevant notice” has the same meaning as in section 202(9) of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 8 omitted (6.4.2025) by virtue of Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 18 para. 11(5)(a) (with Sch. 19); S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 8 substituted (6.4.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 18 para. 11(5)(b) (with Sch. 19); S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 8 inserted (6.4.2025) by The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/381), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 21(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 8 inserted (6.4.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 17 para. 6 (with Sch. 19); S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 8 substituted (6.4.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 18 para. 11(5)(c) (with Sch. 19); S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 8 inserted (2.6.2020) by The Consumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/484), regs. 1(2), 3(3) (with reg. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 8 substituted (6.4.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 18 para. 11(5)(d) (with Sch. 19); S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 8 substituted (6.4.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 18 para. 11(5)(e) (with Sch. 19); S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 8 inserted (27.7.2021) by The Medical Devices (Northern Ireland Protocol) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/905), regs. 1(2), 27(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 8 inserted (21.3.2024) by The Medical Devices (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/221), regs. 1(2), 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 8 substituted (N.I.) (16.7.2021) by The Market Surveillance (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/858), regs. 1(1), 9(2) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 8 in force at 27.5.2015 for specified purposes by S.I. 2015/1333, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 8 in force at 27.5.2015 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2015/965, art. 2(b)"
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    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 8 in force at 1.10.2015 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(h) (with art. 8)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/15/schedule/5/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:53.853097+00:00"
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  "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."
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