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49. Requirement that surcharge (where otherwise permissible) be stated as part of price.

(1) Where it is the practice of a trader to accept payment in respect of a product -

(a) by only one relevant method and to impose a charge on a person for the person's making payment in respect of the product by that method, or

(b) by different relevant methods and to impose on a person the same charge for the person's making payment in respect of the product by any of those methods, the trader shall ensure that any representation made by the trader, or on the trader's behalf, in relation to the price payable in respect of the product, states clearly that price as a single amount inclusive of the foregoing charge.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), it is immaterial that the trader also accepts payment in respect of the product concerned by one or more methods of payment that are not relevant methods of payment and the reference in that subsection to the practice of a trader to accept payment in respect of a product by only one relevant method shall be read accordingly.

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