296.This Part covers terms in End User Licence Agreements to the extent that they are either consumer contracts or consumer notices. Research(33) suggests that some End User Licence Agreements, for example those known as “click-wrap licences”, which the consumer must explicitly agree to before they are able to download digital content, may have contractual status. Consumer contracts are subject to the provisions of Part 2 and if they contain terms listed in Schedule 2, those terms are assessable for fairness. Other types of End User Licence Agreements, such as those known as “shrink-wrap” or “browse-wrap” licences, may not have contractual status but may alternatively be consumer notices, and therefore also be subject to the provisions in Part 2. End User Licence Agreements may also set out for the consumer legal provisions in other pieces of legislation, such as those in relation to intellectual property. Section 73 makes clear that the Act’s unfair terms provisions do not override legal requirements in other legislation, therefore if a term reflects other law, then it will be exempt from the provisions in Part 2.
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