# The Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012, Regulation 3: Other definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In these Regulations—
“business” includes the activities of any government department or local or public authority;
“CMA” means the Competition and Markets Authority;
“court” in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland means a county court or the High Court, and in relation to Scotland means the sheriff or the Court of Session;
“digital content” means data which are produced and supplied in digital form;
“district heating” means the supply of heat (in the form of steam or hot water or otherwise) from a central source of production through a transmission and distribution system to heat more than one building;
“goods” means any tangible movable items, but that includes water, gas and electricity if and only if they are put up for sale in a limited volume or a set quantity;
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“payee”, “payer”, “payment instrument”, “payment service” and “payment service provider” have the meanings given in regulation 2(1) of the Payment Services Regulations 2017 ;
“sales contract” means a contract under which a trader transfers or agrees to transfer the ownership of goods to a consumer and the consumer pays or agrees to pay the price , including any contract that has both goods and services as its object;
“service contract” means a contract, other than a sales contract, under which a trader supplies or agrees to supply a service to a consumer and the consumer pays or agrees to pay the price.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/3110/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-rights-payment-surcharges-regulations-2012/regulation-3
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