§ 3. The Act cannot be departed from to the disadvantage of the consumer (forbrukeren)
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The text of the law (unofficial translation)
§ 3. Mandatory nature of the law (Ufravikelighet)
Terms that are less favourable to the consumer than what follows from the provisions of this Act cannot be agreed or enforced.
What does this mean?
The section makes the Act a minimum protection (a lower limit) for you as a consumer. Contract terms that put you in a worse position than the Act cannot be enforced. A tradesperson (håndverker) therefore cannot write their way out of the rules of the Act in their own terms or in a separate agreement (avtale). Terms that are better for you than the Act are not affected by the rule. The provision is found in Chapter I on the scope (virkeområde), together with § 1 on which agreements the Act applies to and § 2 on the boundary with purchases.
Related sections
All sections of the Craftsman Services Act →Questions about this section
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