Section 224 — Overview
Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
This version in force from 2025-04-06
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) This Chapter confers protections on consumers from unfair commercial practices.
(2) Section 225 sets out what are unfair commercial practices and prohibits the use and promotion of them.
(3) Sections 226 to 230 provide more detail about commercial practices which are unfair because they are misleading, aggressive or omit material information, or because they contravene the requirements of professional diligence.
(4) Section 231 requires, or confers power on, specified public bodies to enforce the prohibitions in section 225.
(5) Sections 232 to 235 confer rights on consumers in relation to unfair commercial practices and make related provision.
(6) Section 236 sets out what happens when a trader supplies a product to a consumer that the consumer has not requested.
(7) Sections 237 to 241 create criminal offences in relation to unfair commercial practices and make related provision.
(8) Sections 242 to 252 contain miscellaneous and interpretative provisions in relation to this Chapter.