Consultation outcome

Late payment: challenging 'grossly unfair' terms and practices - discussion paper

From:
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published
3 February 2015
Last updated
18 June 2015 鈥� See all updates
This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

We will continue to engage with stakeholders to refine how this policy could be best implemented. We intend to publish and consult on draft regulations and a corresponding consultation stage impact assessment later this year.

See the related consultation.

Feedback received

PDF, 250 KB, 19 pages

Detail of feedback received

We received 39 written responses from:

  • public (1)
  • small businesses (4)
  • large businesses (7)
  • organisations (27)

Original consultation

Summary

We're asking for views on giving bodies power to challenge grossly unfair contractual terms and practices, and on defining 'grossly unfair'.

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

We want to know your views on how to provide business representative bodies with wider powers to challenge 鈥榞rossly unfair鈥� contractual terms and practices. This is set out in the .

We鈥檙e also asking for views on how, or whether, we should better define 鈥榞rossly unfair鈥� in relation to late payments.

We welcome comments from across industry, particularly from business representative bodies and small businesses.

Documents

Ref: BIS/15/68

PDF, 438 KB, 33 pages

Updates to this page

Published 3 February 2015
Last updated 18 June 2015 show all updates

  1. Added the summary of responses for the 'Challenging grossly unfair payment terms and practices' consultation.

  2. First published.

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