Chapter 3Consumer protection orders and undertakings
- Section 151Enforcers
(1) Each of the following is a public designated enforcer for the purposes of this Chapter— (a) the CMA; (b) every local weights and measures authority in Great…
- Section 152Designation criteria
(1) These are the designation criteria in respect of a person (“P”) for the purposes of section 151(5) (b)— (a) P is constituted, managed and controlled in such…
- Section 153Applications
(1) An enforcer may (subject to subsection (2) ) apply to the appropriate court for an enforcement order or an interim enforcement order if the enforcer considers that—…
- Section 154CMA directions to other enforcers
(1) This section applies where it appears to the CMA that another enforcer intends to make an application for an enforcement order or an interim enforcement order. (2)…
- Section 155Consultation
(1) Before making an application for an enforcement order or an interim enforcement order, an enforcer must (subject to subsection (5) ) engage in appropriate consultation with the…
- Section 156Enforcement orders and undertakings
(1) This section applies if, on an application under section 153 for an enforcement order, the court finds that the person in respect of whom the application is…
- Section 157Enforcement orders and undertakings: enhanced consumer measures
(1) An enforcement order or undertaking may include a requirement to take such enhanced consumer measures as the court considers just and reasonable. (2) For this purpose, the…
- Section 158Enforcement orders: requirement to pay monetary penalty
(1) This section applies where the court makes an enforcement order against the respondent on an application made by a public designated enforcer. (2) The order may, subject…
- Section 159Interim enforcement orders and undertakings
(1) This section applies if— (a) it is alleged in an application under section 153 for an interim enforcement order that a person (“the respondent”)— (i) has engaged,…
- Section 160Applications
(1) A public designated enforcer may apply to the appropriate court for an online interface order, or an interim online interface order, if the enforcer considers that a…
- Section 161Online interface orders
(1) The court may make an online interface order on an application under section 160 if the court finds that— (a) a person has engaged, is engaging or…
- Section 162Interim online interface orders
(1) The court may make an interim online interface order against a person (“the respondent”) on an application under section 160 if— (a) it is alleged that there…
- Section 163Acceptance of undertakings by enforcers
(1) This section applies where an enforcer could make an application under section 153 for an enforcement order, or an interim enforcement order, against a person (“the respondent”)…
- Section 164Undertakings under section 163: enhanced consumer measures
(1) An undertaking under section 163(2) may include a requirement to take such enhanced consumer measures as the enforcer accepting the undertaking considers just and reasonable. (2) For…
- Section 165Undertakings under section 163: procedural requirements
(1) This section applies where an enforcer proposes to— (a) accept a material variation of an undertaking under section 163 , or (b) release the respondent from any…
- Section 166Consumer protection orders or undertakings to court: further proceedings
(1) This section applies if the court— (a) makes a consumer protection order against a person (“the respondent”) on an application made by an enforcer (“the original application”),…
- Section 167Undertakings to public designated enforcers: further proceedings
(1) This section applies where a public designated enforcer accepts an undertaking from a person (“the respondent”) under section 163 . (2) The enforcer may apply to the…
- Section 168Monetary penalties under sections 166 and 167: amount
(1) This section applies in relation to a monetary penalty imposed on a person (“the respondent”) by an order made under section 166 or 167 . (2) The…
- Section 169Notification requirements: applications
(1) This section applies to an enforcer that is not the CMA. (2) Before making an application for a consumer protection order the enforcer— (a) must by notice…
- Section 170Notification requirements: undertakings
(1) This section applies to an enforcer that is not the CMA which accepts an undertaking under section 163 . (2) The enforcer must by notice inform the…
- Section 171Notification requirements: proceedings
(1) This section applies where a local weights and measures authority in England and Wales intends to start proceedings for an offence under an enactment listed in Part…
- Section 172Notification requirements: convictions and judgments
(1) This section applies where— (a) a person is convicted of an offence by or before a court in the United Kingdom, or (b) a judgment is given…
- Section 173Appropriate court
(1) This section applies for the purposes of determining the appropriate court in relation to an application for, or the making of, a consumer protection order against a…
- Section 174Effect of orders in other parts of the United Kingdom
A consumer protection order made in a part of the United Kingdom by a court specified in relation to that part in the second or third column of…
- Section 175Evidence
(1) Proceedings under this Chapter are civil proceedings for the purposes of— (a) section 11 of the Civil Evidence Act 1968 (convictions admissible as evidence in civil proceedings);…
- Section 176Interconnected bodies corporate
(1) This section applies if— (a) a court makes a consumer protection order against a body corporate (“the respondent”), and (b) the interconnection condition applies in relation to…
- Section 177Enhanced consumer measures: private designated enforcers
(1) This section applies where— (a) an enforcement order is made on the application of a private designated enforcer, (b) an undertaking is given under section 156 on…
- Section 178Substantiation of claims
(1) This section applies where an application for a consumer protection order is made to a court in respect of a relevant infringement involving a contravention of Chapter…
- Section 179Crown application
(1) Subject to subsection (2) , this Chapter binds the Crown. (2) The Crown is not liable for any monetary penalty imposed by virtue of this Chapter.
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Text as at 7 October 2026.
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