Briefing Note – for businesses engaged in distance selling
The Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000
The Regulations
By Sarah Railton
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The Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 (the “Regulations”) concern any business which sells goods and/or services to consumers online or by any other means of distance selling, i.e. sales not including face to face contact with the consumer, e.g. sales concluded by telephone or email.
A distance selling contract which does not comply with the Regulations shall be automatically void and the contract will not be enforceable against a consumer.
Purpose of the Regulations
The purpose of the Regulations is twofold, namely:
- to give confidence to consumers who buy goods and/or services where they have no face to face contact with the seller;
- and to ensure that all businesses carrying out distance selling in the normal course of their business meet certain requirements.
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