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The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 ((SI 1999/2083 )) is an old UK statutory instrument, which had implemented the EU (then EEC) Unfair Consumer Contract Terms Directive (93/13/EEC ) into domestic law.〔Implemented under the European Communities Act 1972. See also, (1993) L95 OJ 29.〕 It replaced an earlier version of similar regulations,〔See The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1994〕 and overlaps considerably with the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977. It has now been repealed and replaced by the Consumer Rights Act 2015, which regulates unfair terms in consumer contracts in English contract law. ==Overview== The scope of the Directive is rather limited, seeking merely to harmonise rather basic consumer rights across the EU. In the UK, these 1999 Regulations work to render ineffective terms that benefit seller or suppliers against the interests of consumers. They also have provisions specifically covering standard form contracts. The Regulations overlap somewhat with the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 which deals specifically with exemption clauses. The Directive set out requirements that in many ways are narrower than rules already in place in English law. It does, however, extend the scope of terms which can be rendered ineffective; especially when dealing with unfair terms that do not constitute exemption clauses. There was some criticism in legal circles that the UK government had not bothered to repeal and reenact the 1977 Act to embrace the Directive. It has been said the Regulations "sit atop the Act like an ill-fitting wig".〔 Lyons, Trevor - Contract Law - Staffordshire University 1994 〕 The 1994 Regulations were declared an insufficient implementation of the Directive, and had to be replaced by the 1999 Regulations; but once again, the opportunity to consolidate the law into an updated Unfair Contracts Terms Act was missed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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