The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/2083) is a UK statutory instrument, which implements the EU (then EEC) Unfair Consumer Contract Terms Directive 93/13/EEC into domestic law. It replaced an earlier version of similar regulations, and overlaps considerably with the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977.
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