ConsumerWise Law
The law behind your rights.
Explore the legislation that underpins ConsumerWise guidance. We connect the official law to the problems consumers actually face, the provisions that matter and the guides that show what to do next.
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These pages are ConsumerWise explainers, not copies of legislation.gov.uk. Each one highlights the provisions most likely to matter and links them back to practical guidance.
Consumer Rights Act 2015
The core framework for goods, digital content, services and unfair terms in consumer contracts.
CCR 2013Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013
Distance and off-premises contract information, cancellation periods, reimbursements and returns.
CCA 1974Consumer Credit Act 1974
A central statutory framework for regulated consumer credit, notices, information rights and Section 75.
Data protectionUK GDPR & Data Protection Act 2018
Access, accuracy, rectification, erasure, restriction and the wider UK data-protection framework.
ERA 1996Employment Rights Act 1996
Core statutory employment rights including wages, dismissal, redundancy, leave and other workplace protections.
Equality ActEquality Act 2010
Protected characteristics, discrimination, harassment, victimisation and reasonable adjustments.
FOI & EIRFreedom of Information Act 2000 & EIR 2004
Two related but distinct statutory routes for obtaining information from public authorities.
DMCC Act 2024Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
The current unfair-commercial-practices regime, stronger consumer enforcement and the framework for further subscription reforms.
RRA 2025Renters’ Rights Act 2025
The major 2026 reforms to assured tenancies in England: tenant notice, rent in advance, post-tenancy rent, possession and deposit rules.
HA 1988Housing Act 1988
The continuing statutory framework for assured tenancies, possession grounds and rent increases in England.
HA 2004Housing Act 2004
Tenancy deposit protection, housing hazards, licensing and enforcement in the private rented sector.
LTA 1985Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
Core repair and fitness obligations that underpin many rented-home condition disputes.
TFA 2019Tenant Fees Act 2019
Permitted payments, tenancy-deposit caps and limits on charges in England.
PFEA 1977Protection from Eviction Act 1977
Criminal protections against unlawful eviction and harassment of residential occupiers.
HA 1996Housing Act 1996: homelessness
The statutory homelessness decision, interim accommodation, review and appeal framework used by English councils.
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