Section 218 — Supply of services

(1) This section provides for how references to the supply of services are to be read for the purposes of this Part.

(2) References to a person who supplies services are to be read as including references to a person who seeks to supply services (and references to a person who receives services are to be read in a corresponding way).

(3) The supply of services does not include the provision of services under a contract of service or of apprenticeship.

(4) It is immaterial whether the contract mentioned in subsection (3)—

(a) is express or implied, or

(b) if express, is oral or in writing.

(5) The supply of services includes—

(a) performing for gain or reward any activity other than the supply of goods or digital content;

(b) rendering services to order;

(c) the provision of services by making them available to potential users;

(d) making arrangements for sharing the use of electronic communications apparatus by means of a relevant agreement, within the meaning of paragraph 18 of Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 (the electronic communications code);

(e) agreeing to the full or partial settlement of a consumer’s liabilities or purported liabilities in return for the consumer meeting a demand for payment.