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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 23 February 2011 - onwards
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Regulation 16 Advance payment

(1) In relation to a timeshare, long-term holiday product or exchange contract, a trader shall not demand or accept any of the following from a consumer before the expiration of the withdrawal period:

(a) advance payment;

(b) provision of guarantees;

(c) reservation of money on accounts;

(d) explicit acknowledgement of debt;

(e) payment of any other consideration to the trader or to any third party.

(2) In relation to a resale contract, a trader shall not demand or accept any of the following from a consumer before the sale takes place or the resale contract is otherwise terminated:

(a) advance payment;

(b) provision of guarantees;

(c) reservation of money on accounts;

(d) explicit acknowledgement of debt;

(e) payment of any other consideration to the trader or to any third party.

(3) A person who contravenes this Regulation shall be guilty of an offence.