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Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003

Consumer leases, credit-related insurance, and buy-back transactions of land - Consumer leases

61: Presumption relating to consumer lease

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"What happens when you say a lease is for personal use in court"

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If you claim a lease is a consumer lease in court, it is assumed to be one unless proven otherwise. You need to know that this rule is affected by what is said in section 13. This means you must consider what section 13 says when deciding if a lease is a consumer lease.

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Consumer leases

61Presumption relating to consumer lease

  1. In any proceedings in which a party claims that a lease is a consumer lease, it is presumed that the lease is a consumer lease unless the contrary is established.

  2. This section is subject to section 13.