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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-rights-act-2015/section-73",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-rights-act-2015/section-73.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/15",
  "legislation_title": "Consumer Rights Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-rights-act-2015",
  "path": "section/73",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "73",
  "heading": "Disapplication of rules to mandatory terms and notices",
  "text": "(1) This Part does not apply to a term of a contract, or to a notice, to the extent that it reflects—\n(a) mandatory statutory or regulatory provisions, or\n(b) the provisions or principles of an international convention to which the United Kingdom ... is a party.\n(2) In subsection (1) “mandatory statutory or regulatory provisions” includes rules which, according to law, apply between the parties on the basis that no other arrangements have been established.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 73(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Consumer Protection (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1326), regs. 1(3), 3(4) (with reg. 11) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1347, regs. 1(3), 4(8)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 73 in force at 1.10.2015 by S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(c) (with art. 6(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/15/section/73",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:53.853097+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."
}