Part 4: Consumer rights and disputes General and miscellaneous provisions Section 273: Terms of a subscription contract which are of no effect
Subsection (1) means that any term in a contract which contravenes this Chapter has no legal effect to that extent, including any term that seeks to exclude or restrict a trader’s liability arising from the terms implied into the contract by section 262.
	Subsection (2) provides that in cases to which this subsection applies, any term of a subscription contract has no effect to the extent that it makes consumers liable for a renewal payment prior to the day the contract renews.
	Subsection (3) provides that subsection (2) applies in such cases as are specified in regulations made under section 277, subsection (1), paragraph (e) and that the regulations may include provision for determining when a contract renews in each category of case.