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Version date: 29 November 2022 - onwards
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Schedule 5, Part 2 Restrictions on application of Part 1

Section 133

1. Term 7 (cancellation of contract without reasonable notice) does not include a term of a consumer contract by which a supplier of financial services reserves the right to terminate unilaterally a consumer contract of indeterminate duration without notice where there is a valid reason, provided that the supplier of financial services is required to inform the consumer and any other contracting party of the cancellation immediately.

2. Terms 11 (alteration of contract terms without valid reason) and 13 (determination of price after consumer bound by contract) do not include a term of a consumer contract whereby a supplier of financial services reserves the right to alter the rate of interest payable by or due to the consumer, or the amount of other charges for financial services payable by the consumer where there is a valid reason for doing so, provided that the supplier is required to inform the consumer and any other contracting party or parties of the alteration at the earliest opportunity and the consumer is free to dissolve the contract immediately.

3. Terms 11 (alteration of contract terms without valid reason) and 13 (determination of price after consumer bound by contract) do not include a term under which a trader reserves the right to alter unilaterally the conditions of a contract of indeterminate duration provided that the trader is required to inform the consumer of the alteration with reasonable notice and the consumer is free to dissolve the contract.