Part 4: Consumer rights and disputes Duties of traders Section 257: Pre-contract information: additional requirements
This section outlines requirements in addition to section 256 around pre-contractual information.
	Subsection (2) requires that the last step a consumer takes when entering an online contract is one where they expressly acknowledge that by entering into the contract, they will be obligated to make payments to the trader.
	Subsection (4) requires traders to provide certain further information when consumers are invited to enter contracts online, namely whether there are any restrictions on the delivery of any goods to be supplied under the contract, and which means of payment can be used by the consumer. Subsection (3) requires that information to be presented in such a way that a consumer should not be required to take any other steps to view it other than going through the contracting process, and in accordance with any other requirements specified in regulations under section 277, subsection (1), paragraph (a).
	Subsection (5) specifies that where the trader has not complied with subsection (2), the consumer is not bound by the contract.
	Subsection (7) applies to contracts entered into orally and remotely, such as those concluded via a video or phone call. In such cases where the trader contacts the consumer, the trader is required to inform the consumer at the outset of the trader’s identity, the identity of any person on whose behalf the trader is acting, and the commercial purpose of the call.
	Where the consumer has signed a contract in the course of entering into it face-to-face with the trader, the trader must give the consumer a copy of the signed contract immediately afterwards (subsection (8)).
	If the trader has not given the full pre-contract information to the consumer in writing and on a durable medium before a contract was entered into, subsection (9) requires the trader to provide the information in this format as soon as reasonably practicable after the contract has been entered into. This must always be before any goods or services are supplied under the contract.