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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unfair-terms-in-consumer-contracts-regulations-1999/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unfair-terms-in-consumer-contracts-regulations-1999/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2083",
  "legislation_title": "The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unfair-terms-in-consumer-contracts-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONSUMER PROTECTION\nMade 22nd July 1999\nLaid before Parliament 22nd July 1999\nComing into force 1st October 1999\nWhereas the Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to consumer protection:\nNow, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 2(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:–",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 4 para. 34; S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(g) (with savings in art. 6(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations applied (temp.) (26.5.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), ss. 91(8), 100(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/2661."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2083/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:48.548738+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."
}