{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-consumer-protection-from-unfair-trading-regulations-2008/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-consumer-protection-from-unfair-trading-regulations-2008/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110811574",
  "legislation_title": "The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-consumer-protection-from-unfair-trading-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prohibition of unfair commercial practices",
  "text": "(1) Unfair commercial practices are prohibited.\n(2) Paragraphs (3) and (4) set out the circumstances when a commercial practice is unfair.\n(3) A commercial practice is unfair if—\n(a) it contravenes the requirements of professional diligence; and\n(b) it materially distorts or is likely to materially distort the economic behaviour of the average consumer with regard to the product.\n(4) A commercial practice is unfair if—\n(a) it is a misleading action under the provisions of regulation 5;\n(b) it is a misleading omission under the provisions of regulation 6;\n(c) it is aggressive under the provisions of regulation 7; or\n(d) it is listed in Schedule 1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110811574/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:16:40.557752+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."
}