{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-consumer-subscription-contracts-cancellation-and-information-regulations-2026/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-consumer-subscription-contracts-cancellation-and-information-regulations-2026/regulation-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348287912",
  "legislation_title": "The Consumer Subscription Contracts (Cancellation and Information) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-consumer-subscription-contracts-cancellation-and-information-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Meaning of the “relevant date” for the purposes of Part 3",
  "text": "(1) This regulation provides the meaning of the “relevant date” for the purposes of this Part.\n(2) Where a consumer’s right to cancel a subscription contract under section 263(2) of the DMCCA arises due to a trader’s breach of the term implied into the contract by section 262(a) of the DMCCA (duty to give key pre-contract information), the relevant date is the day on which the consumer becomes liable for the first renewal payment under the contract.\n(3) Where a consumer’s right to cancel a subscription contract under section 263(2) of the DMCCA arises due to a trader’s breach of the term implied into the contract by section 262(c) of the DMCCA (duty to give reminder notices), the relevant date is the day on which the consumer becomes liable under the contract for a renewal payment in respect of which the trader failed to give a reminder notice in breach of the term implied into the contract by section 262(c) of the DMCCA.\n(4) Where a consumer’s right to cancel a subscription contract under section 263(2) of the DMCCA arises due to a trader’s breach of the term implied into the contract by section 262(d) of the DMCCA (duty to specify in the key pre-contract information a reasonable period for the giving of a reminder notice), the relevant date is the day on which the consumer becomes liable under the contract for the first renewal payment in respect of which a reminder notice must be given to the consumer under section 258 of the DMCCA.\n(5) Where a consumer’s right to cancel a subscription contract under section 263(2) of the DMCCA arises due to a trader’s breach of the term implied into the contract by section 262(e) of the DMCCA (straightforward arrangements and without any steps which are not reasonably necessary for a consumer to bring a contract to an end), the relevant date is the day on which the consumer becomes liable under the contract for a renewal payment after—\n(a) using arrangements that breached the term implied into the contract by section 262(e) of the DMCCA, or\n(b) seeking to use those arrangements, if any.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348287912/regulation/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:36:45.740550+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."
}