[404E Meaning of “consumers”]
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (2000 c 8) | Legislation

[404E  Meaning of “consumers”]

[(1)     For the purposes of sections 404 to 404B “consumers” means persons . . .—

(a)     [who] have used, or may have contemplated using, any of the services within subsection (2); . . .

(b)     [who] have relevant rights or interests in relation to any of the services within that subsection[; or

(c)     in respect of whom a person carries on an activity which is specified in article 89G of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (seeking out etc claims) whether that activity, as carried on by that person, is a regulated activity or is, by reason of an exclusion provided

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