Section 187A: Definition of 'default sum'

Consumer Credit Act 1974 · 1974 c.39

Part XII: Supplemental

187A(1)

In this Act 'default sum' means, in relation to the debtor or hirer under a regulated agreement, a sum (other than a sum of interest) which is payable by him under the agreement in connection with a breach of the agreement by him.

187A(2)

But a sum is not a default sum in relation to the debtor or hirer simply because, as a consequence of his breach of the agreement, he is required to pay it earlier than he would otherwise have had to.

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