Section 290

In this Chapter— “business” includes— but does not include the activities of any government department or local or public authority; a trade, craft or profession, and any other undertaking carried on for gain or reward, “consumer” means an individual acting for purposes that are wholly or mainly outside the individual’s business; “durable medium” means, in relation to the provision of information, paper, email or any other medium that— allows the information to be addressed personally to the consumer, enables the consumer to store the information in a way accessible for future reference for a period that is long enough for the purposes of the information, and allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored; “excluded arrangement” is to be read in accordance with section 284; “goods” includes vouchers, rights and obligations but does not include buildings or other structures or immovable property; “trader” means a person (“P”) acting for purposes relating to P’s business whether acting personally or through another person acting in P’s name or on P’s behalf; “turnover” has the same meaning as in section 204 (determination of turnover) and references to “this Part” in section 204 are to be read, for the purposes of this Chapter, as references to this Chapter.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30