(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (6) and section 140(2)(b), this Part applies to a consumer contract that is concluded on or after the day on which this section comes into operation.

(2) A consumer contract is not excluded from the application of this Part by reason only that -

(a) the consumer contract or a term of the consumer contract has been individually negotiated between the trader and the consumer, or

(b) the consumer does not pay a price under the contract.

(3) This Part does not apply to a term of a consumer contract that reflects -

(a) mandatory statutory or regulatory provisions, including rules that, according to law, apply between the contracting parties on the basis that no other rules or arrangements have been established, or

(b) the provisions or principles of international conventions to which the State or the European Union is party.

(4) This Part does not apply to -

(a) a contract of employment,

(b) a contract relating to succession rights,

(c) a contract relating to rights under family law, or