PART 3Amendment of subordinate legislation
Amendment of the Equality (Amendment and Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 20196
1
The Equality (Amendment and Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 20197 are amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (2) of regulation 5 (amendment of the Equality Act 20108)—
a
for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—
b
for paragraph (b), substitute—
“ADR entity” means a person whose name appears on a list maintained in accordance with regulation 10 of the Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes (Competent Authorities and Information) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/542)
b
after sub-paragraph (c) insert—
ca
after paragraph (d), insert—
da
“consumer” means an individual acting for purposes which are wholly or mainly outside that individual’s trade, business, craft or profession;
c
in sub-paragraph (d), for “contract of sale or for services” substitute “sales contract or a service contract”;
d
after sub-paragraph (d) insert—
e
after paragraph (f), insert—
g
“sales contract” means a contract under which a trader transfers, or agrees to transfer, the ownership of goods to a consumer and the consumer pays, or agrees to pay, the price, including any contract that has both goods and services as its object;
h
“service contract” means a contract, other than a sales contract, under which a trader supplies, or agrees to supply, a service to a consumer and the consumer pays, or agrees to pay, the price;
i
“trader” means a person acting for purposes relating to that person’s trade, business, craft or profession, whether acting personally or through another person acting in the trader’s name or on the trader’s behalf.
3
After regulation 9 insert—
PART 5Transitional provision
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These Regulations do not affect any extension of a time limit under section 140AA of the Equality Act 2010 which has begun before these Regulations come into force.