The Agents' Charter

Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 3053

The Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1993 No. 3053

COMMERCIAL AGENTS

The Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993

Made 7 December 1993

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force 1 January 1994

ARRANGEMENTS OF REGULATIONS

PART I
General

1. Citation, commencement and applicable law
2. Interpretation, application and extent

PART II
Rights and Obligations

3. Duties of a commercial agent to his principal
4. Duties of a principal to his commercial agent
5. Prohibition on derogation from regulations 3 and 4 and consequence of breach

PART III
Remuneration

6. Form and amount of remuneration in absence of agreement
7. Entitlement to commission on transactions concluded during agency contract
8. Entitlement to commission on transactions concluded after agency contract has terminated
9. Apportionment of commission between new and previous commercial agents
10. When commission due and date for payment
11. Extinction of right to commission
12. Periodic supply of information as to commission due and right of inspection of principal's books

PART IV
Conclusion and Termination of the Agency Contract

13. Right to signed written statement of terms of agency contract
14. Conversion of agency contract after expiry of fixed period
15. Minimum periods of notice for termination of agency contract
16. Savings with regard to immediate termination
17. Entitlement of commercial agent to indemnity or compensation on termination of agency contract
18. Grounds for excluding payment of indemnity or compensation under regulation 17
19. Prohibition on derogation from regulations 17 and 18
20. Restraint of trade clauses

PART V
Miscellaneous and Supplemental

21. Disclosure of information
22. Service of notice etc
23. Transitional provisions

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