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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024/section-233",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024/section-233.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2024/13",
  "legislation_title": "Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024",
  "path": "section/233",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "233",
  "heading": "Rights of redress: further provision",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for any of the following descriptions of rights to be exercisable by a consumer who has rights of redress under this Chapter—\n(a) a right to unwind in respect of a relevant contract or consumer payment;\n(b) a right to a discount in respect of a supply of a product under a relevant contract;\n(c) a right to damages in respect of financial loss, distress or physical inconvenience or discomfort.\n(2) Regulations under this section may include provision—\n(a) about how a right is to be exercised by the consumer;\n(b) for an amount of discount mentioned in subsection (1)(b) to be determined in accordance with the regulations;\n(c) about the circumstances in which damages mentioned in subsection (1)(c) are or are not payable;\n(d) imposing conditions or restrictions on the exercise of a right;\n(e) about the consequences of the exercise of a right;\n(f) excluding products of a description specified in the regulations from the application of the rights of redress available under this Chapter.\n(3) Provision under subsection (2)(e) about the consequences of the exercise of a right may (among other things)—\n(a) provide for the termination of a relevant contract;\n(b) require the trader to make a refund of an amount determined in accordance with the regulations;\n(c) require goods supplied under a relevant contract to be returned or for payment to be made in respect of such goods.\n(4) In this section, “relevant contract” means—\n(a) a business-to-consumer contract;\n(b) a consumer-to-business contract.\n(5) Regulations under this section are subject to the affirmative procedure.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 233 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 339(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 233 in force at 6.4.2025 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/section/233",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:35:09.592730+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."
}