Sources and review dates
MotorComp’s guidance and deadline rules are grounded in these primary sources. “Reviewed” is when MotorComp last checked the source, not when the publisher last updated it. Recheck before relying on any of it.
| Source | Part used | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 9 Contextual satisfactory quality; price, description, safety, durability and disclosure/examination qualifications. Limitations: UK extent. Latest available revised text; site warns that unapplied/future effects may exist. Not a full amendments audit. | s9(1)–(4) | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 19 Six-month delivery presumption covers specified repair/final-remedy limbs, not short-term rejection; rebuttal and incompatibility exceptions; no automatic rejection. Limitations: UK extent. Latest available revised text; site warns that unapplied/future effects may exist. Not a full amendments audit. | s19(3), (9)–(15) | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 20 Clear rejection communication; collection/return; price actually paid under HP; refund timing, means and fees; severable-contract caveat. Limitations: UK extent. Latest available revised text; site warns that unapplied/future effects may exist. Not a full amendments audit. | s20(5)–(17), (20)–(21) | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 22 30-day start conditions; inclusive waiting period; conditional seven-day minimum after failed repair; agreed extensions. Limitations: UK extent. Latest available revised text; site warns that unapplied/future effects may exist. Not a full amendments audit. | s22(1)–(8) | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 23 Repair/replacement costs, proportionality, reasonable time and agreed-repair constraints; no fixed repair deadline. Limitations: UK extent. Latest available revised text; site warns that unapplied/future effects may exist. Not a full amendments audit. | s23(2)–(7) | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 24 Final-remedy gateways, completed attempt, motor-vehicle deduction-for-use exception, missed-collection exclusion. Limitations: UK extent. Latest available revised text; site warns that unapplied/future effects may exist. Not a full amendments audit. | s24(5)–(13) | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Consumer Credit Act 1974, section 75 Linked-credit like claim and excluded cash-price bands; do not treat every personal loan as HP or s75. Limitations: Other debtor-creditor-supplier and agreement conditions apply; outside first journey. | s75(1), (3) | 16 Oct 2026 |
| FOS: Car finance (consumer guidance) Supplier role under the specified finance arrangements; complaint route. Limitations: Read agreement-specific context; not a statement about every personal loan or a guaranteed outcome. | What we look at; How to complain | 16 Oct 2026 |
| FOS: Car finance (business guidance) HP/conditional-sale supplier responsibility; consumer contracts from 1 October 2015; evidence; repair/replacement/price reduction/rejection; contextual redress. Limitations: Guidance describes approach, not binding precedent or automatic awards. | What we look at: faulty/satisfactory quality; Putting things right: Faulty cars | 16 Oct 2026 |
| FOS: How to complain — AI guidelines User voice, factual plain drafting, careful checking, privacy caution, direct free FOS route. Limitations: AI may introduce inaccurate/irrelevant legal arguments and delay a complaint. | Step 3: Bring your complaint to us | 16 Oct 2026 |
| FCA Handbook DISP 1.6: Complaints time limit rules Ordinary respondent receipt clock; final or prescribed delay response; separate payment-service rules. Limitations: Page displayed as of 16 October 2026, updated 1 June 2026; future versions are not applied. | DISP 1.6.1R, 1.6.2R; distinguish 1.6.2AR | 16 Oct 2026 |
| FCA Handbook DISP 2.8: Referral time limits Early final response/summary resolution or eight weeks; six-month sent-date rule; six-year/three-year limb; exceptions and consent. Limitations: Ordinary route only; scheme and other special provisions can modify outcome. Qualifying response and constructive awareness need review. | DISP 2.8.1R, 2.8.2R, 2.8.3G, 2.8.4G | 16 Oct 2026 |
| FCA: Motor finance scheme partially suspended Do not apply commission-scheme suspension to all car-quality complaints; mixed/scheme cases need current specialist review. Limitations: Volatile current statement, not a calculator for commission claims. Do not hard-code scheme deadlines from this POC. | Advice for firms; Advice for consumers | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, section 19 General prohibition subject to authorisation/exemption. Limitations: Read with RAO specified activities and exclusions; no MotorComp-specific determination. | s19(1) | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, section 22 Claims-management specified activities require business/territorial analysis. Limitations: Read with RAO specified activities and exclusions; no MotorComp-specific determination. | s22(1B) | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, section 419A Broad services and claim definition includes regulatory schemes, repayment and other relief, not just litigation. Limitations: Read with RAO specified activities and exclusions; no MotorComp-specific determination. | s419A(1)–(3) | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001, article 89F Definitions of financial claim, investigation, representation and GB provider/claimant connection. Limitations: Current revised provision; no finding that an exclusion applies to MotorComp. | art89F(2)(d), (i)–(j), (3)–(4) | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001, article 89G Seeking out, referring and identifying specified claims/claimants, including financial claims. Limitations: Current revised provision; no finding that an exclusion applies to MotorComp. | art89G(1)–(2) | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001, article 89I Financial-services/product claim advice, investigation and representation are specified activities. Limitations: Current revised provision; no finding that an exclusion applies to MotorComp. | art89I(a)–(c) | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001, article 89N Conditional legal-practitioner exclusion; professional review of a product alone does not establish it. Limitations: Current revised provision; no finding that an exclusion applies to MotorComp. | art89N(1)–(5) | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001, article 89O Conditional entity exclusion; free commercial POC is not automatically a qualifying entity. Limitations: Current revised provision; no finding that an exclusion applies to MotorComp. | art89O(1)–(4) | 16 Oct 2026 |
| FCA PERG: regulated claims management activity Advice includes merits, procedure, presentation and challenging outcomes; investigation and representation definitions. Limitations: PDF extraction has column/page ordering artefacts and may include future unrelated content. CMC propositions corroborated by RAO89F/G/I and FCA regulation page; not an audit of the whole PDF. | PERG 2.7.20M–N, in particular 2.7.20N(3)–(5) | 16 Oct 2026 |
| FCA PERG 2.4A: Link with Great Britain GB provider or claimant connection; Northern Ireland is not an automatic exemption. Limitations: Example quoted is a regulated-activity example where carried on by way of business without exemption/exclusion. | PERG 2.4A.1–4 | 16 Oct 2026 |
| FCA: Claims management companies — our regulation Separate lead-generation and sector advice/investigation/representation permissions; permissions and actual activities must match. Limitations: Page includes historical transition text. Do not reuse old 2019 application windows; current page last updated 3 December 2025. | Who needs to be authorised | 16 Oct 2026 |
N.B. For research purposes only. Consult a qualified professional.