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Version date: 24 May 2024 - onwards

267 Cancellation of subscription contract: further provision

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision -

(a) about the exercise of the rights of a consumer to cancel a subscription contract under this Chapter;

(b) about the consequences that follow a consumer exercising such rights;

(c) extending a cooling-off period in such cases, and to such extent, as the regulations may specify.

(2) Regulations under subsection (1)(a) may include provision -

(a) requiring a right to cancel to be exercised before the end of a specified period;

(b) imposing other conditions or restrictions on the exercise of a right to cancel (for example, provision that a consumer may lose the right to cancel a subscription contract during a cooling-off period if they choose to be supplied with digital content or services under the contract during that period).

(3) Regulations under subsection (1)(b) may include provision -

(a) setting out the extent to which a consumer's liability for payments that have arisen under a cancelled subscription contract is extinguished;