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UK Law Reference
All sections of Consumer Credit Act 1974
1974 c. 39, s.62

Section 62 — Duty to supply copy of unexecuted agreement : excluded agreements.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This version in force from 2014-07-15

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) If [F1 in the case of a regulated agreement which is an excluded agreement] the unexecuted agreement is presented personally to the debtor or hirer for his signature, but on the occasion when he signs it the document does not become an executed agreement, a copy of it, and of any other document referred to in it, must be there and then delivered to him.

(2) If the unexecuted agreement is sent to the debtor or hirer for his signature, a copy of it, and of any other document referred to in it, must be sent to him at the same time.

(3) A regulated agreement [F2 which is an excluded agreement] is not properly executed if the requirements of this section are not observed.

(4) [F3 In this section, “excluded agreement” has the same meaning as in section 61A.]

Amendment notes

  1. F1 Words in s. 62(1) inserted (1.2.2011) by The Consumer Credit (EU Directive) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1010), regs. 10(b), 99(1) (with regs. 100, 101)
  2. F2 Words in s. 62(3) inserted (1.2.2011) by The Consumer Credit (EU Directive) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1010), regs. 10(c), 99(1) (with regs. 100, 101)
  3. F3 S. 62(4) inserted (1.2.2011) by The Consumer Credit (EU Directive) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1010), regs. 10(d), 99(1) (with regs. 100, 101)