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Make
requirements regarding the minimum size of print in certain
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documents, including those relating
to advertising and contracts; and for
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by
and with the advice and
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
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Parliament assembled, and by
the authority of the same, as follows:—
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Presentation
of terms and conditions within contracts and advertisements
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The Secretary of State must,
within 12 months of the date on which this Act is
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passed, make regulations about
the minimum size of text used in terms and
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conditions in advertisements
and contracts relating to the provision of goods
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Different requirements may be
set for different types and parts of
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advertisements, documents and
contracts.
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Before making regulations under
subsection (1), the Secretary of State shall
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consult any organisation he considers
appropriate.
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The Secretary of State may,
by regulations, vary the requirements set out in
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regulations made under subsection
(1).
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Regulations made under this section
shall be made by statutory instrument.
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A statutory instrument containing
regulations under this section is subject to
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annulment in pursuance of a resolution
of either House of Parliament.
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Failure
to comply with requirements
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Any person who enters into a
contractual relationship on the basis of the terms
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or conditions set out in an advertisement
or contract to which this Act applies
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shall not be bound by that agreement
unless those terms or conditions comply
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with the regulations made under
section 1.
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For the purposes of this Act—
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