{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-rights-payment-surcharges-regulations-2012/schedule/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-rights-payment-surcharges-regulations-2012/schedule/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/3110",
  "legislation_title": "The Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-rights-payment-surcharges-regulations-2012",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "The exemption period: new businesses",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph defines the exemption period in relation to a new business.\n(2) The exemption period starts with the date on which P begins to carry on the business and ends with—\n(a) the date on which P ceases to carry on the business, or\n(b) (if sooner) 12th June 2014.\n(3) If P is the members of a partnership, or other unincorporated association, P is not to be taken for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) to cease to carry on the business if—\n(a) the members of the partnership or association change, or the partnership or association is dissolved, and\n(b) after the change or dissolution, the business is carried on by at least one of the persons who constituted P.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/3110/schedule/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:10:27.693894+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."
}