{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024/section-260",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024/section-260.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/260",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "260",
  "heading": "Arrangements for consumers to exercise right to end contract",
  "text": "(1) A trader must make arrangements to enable a consumer to exercise a right to bring a subscription contract to an end—\n(a) in a way which is straightforward, and\n(b) without having to take any steps which are not reasonably necessary for bringing the contract to an end.\n(2) A consumer may, alternatively, exercise a right to bring a subscription contract to an end by notifying the trader in accordance with subsection (6) that the consumer is bringing the contract to an end.\n(3) A consumer may exercise a right to bring a subscription contract to an end at any time permitted by regulations under section 277(1)(c).\n(4) In relation to a subscription contract entered into online, arrangements under subsection (1) must—\n(a) enable a consumer to bring the contract to an end online, and\n(b) ensure that instructions for doing so are displayed online in a place or places that a consumer seeking to end the contract is likely to find them.\n(5) Arrangements under this section must comply with any other requirements specified in regulations under section 277(1)(c).\n(6) A notification under subsection (2) may be given by the consumer making a clear statement setting out their decision to bring the contract to an end.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 260 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 339(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/section/260",
    "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."
}