The Consumer Protection (Cancellation of Contracts Concluded away from Business Premises) Regulations 1987
These Regulations implement Council Directive 85/577/EEC (OJ No.L372, 20.12.85, p.31) to protect the consumer in respect of contracts made at the doorstep or otherwise concluded away from business premises. They apply to contracts under which a trader supplies goods or services to a consumer and which are concluded during an unsolicited visit by a traderto the consumer’s home or to the home of another person; orto the consumer’s place of work.