The Timeshare, Holiday Products, Resale and Exchange Contracts Regulations 2010

Holiday accommodation contracts to which these Regulations applyU.K.

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5.—(1) These Regulations apply to a holiday accommodation contract which falls within any of paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) A holiday accommodation contract falls within this paragraph if it is to any extent governed by the law of—

(a)the United Kingdom, or

(b)a part of the United Kingdom.

(3) A holiday accommodation contract falls within this paragraph if—

(a)it is to any extent governed by the law of a third country,

(b)the relevant accommodation is in immovable property situated in an EEA State, and

(c)the parties to the contract are to any extent subject to the jurisdiction of a court in the United Kingdom in relation to the contract.

(4) A holiday accommodation contract falls within this paragraph if—

(a)it is to any extent governed by the law of a third country,

(b)it is not directly related to immovable property,

(c)the trader carries on commercial or professional activities in the United Kingdom or by any means directs such activities to the United Kingdom, and

(d)the contract falls within the scope of those activities.

(5) In this regulation—

(a)relevant accommodation” means—

(i)the accommodation which is the subject of the contract, or

(ii)in a case where a pool of accommodation is the subject of the contract, some or all of the accommodation in that pool;

(b)third country” means a country other than an EEA state.