{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-consumer-subscription-contracts-cancellation-and-information-regulations-2026/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-consumer-subscription-contracts-cancellation-and-information-regulations-2026/regulation-3.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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "General interpretation for the purposes of these Regulations",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“bespoke goods” means goods that are made to the consumer’s specifications or are clearly personalised;\n“the DMCCA” means the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024;\n“hire-excluded amount”, in relation to goods supplied by means of hire by the trader to the consumer under a subscription contract—\n(a) means the total amount of one or more payments (if any) that the consumer becomes liable for under the subscription contract over and above the consumer’s liability to pay—\n(i) the price agreed under the contract in exchange for the supply of goods by means of hire (“hired goods”), and\n(ii) for the delivery of those goods to the consumer;\n(b) does include, in particular, any payment that the consumer becomes liable for under the subscription contract as a result of the consumer’s—\n(i) failure to comply with one or more (expressed or implied) terms of that contract including those relating to the consumer’s obligation to take reasonable care of the hired goods and to give them back, and\n(ii) obligations under that contract to compensate the trader for a penalty, fine, fee or other costs lawfully imposed by a third party (that is a person other than the trader to the contract) because of the consumer’s acts or omissions in respect of the hired goods;\n“perishable goods” means goods which are liable to deteriorate or expire rapidly;\n“relevant implied term” means the term implied into a subscription contract by section 262(a), (c), (d) or (e) of the DMCCA;\n“relevant sealed goods” means—\n(a) sealed goods which are not suitable for return due to health protection or hygiene reasons if they become unsealed after delivery to the consumer;\n(b) sealed audio recordings;\n(c) sealed video recordings;\n(d) sealed computer software;\n“returnable goods” means goods other than any of the following—\n(a) perishable goods;\n(b) bespoke goods;\n(c) relevant sealed goods;\n(d) goods that have become mixed inseparably, according to their nature, with other items after delivery to the consumer;\n“sale”, in relation to the supply of goods, means the trader transfers or agrees to transfer ownership of goods to the consumer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 280(1) of the DMCCA for the definition of “goods”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 280(1) of the DMCCA for the definition of “trader”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 280(1) of the DMCCA for the definition of “consumer”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348287912/regulation/3",
    "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."
}