Consumer Rights Act 2022

Remedies where contract also provides for sale of goods etc.

65. (1) This section applies where digital content or a digital service is supplied to a consumer under a contract that provides also for—

(a) the sale of goods, or

(b) the supply of a service.

(2) Where the conditions in subsection (3) are met, the consumer shall have the right—

(a) to terminate the contract, or

(b) to obtain a proportionate reduction in the price payable under the contract.

(3) The conditions referred to in subsection (2) are the following:

(a) if the contract were a contract for the supply of digital content or a digital service only, the consumer would have the right under section 62 to obtain a proportionate reduction in the price or to terminate the contract;

(b) the value of the goods or service to the consumer would be materially reduced in the absence of the digital content or digital service.

(4) In objectively determining for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) whether a reduction in the value of goods or a service is material, all the circumstances shall be taken into account, including in particular—

(a) the nature and purpose of the contract,

(b) the relative value of the different elements of the contract, and

(c) the nature and degree of the inter-dependence of the different elements of the contract.

(5) Where the consumer exercises the right to terminate a contract under subsection (2)

(a) the consumer shall comply with the obligations in section 66 (3) and (4), and

(b) the trader with whom the consumer has that contract shall comply with the obligations in section 67 .

(6) This section shall not apply where a bundle of electronic communications services or a bundle of such services and terminal equipment within the scope of Article 107 of Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 20189 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code (Recast) includes elements of an internet access service or a number-based interpersonal communications service.

9 OJ No. L 321, 17.12.2018, p.36