§ 3. Mandatory nature of the law: contract terms cannot leave you worse off than the law
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The text of the law (unofficial translation)
§ 3. Mandatory nature of the law (ufravikelighet)
The Act cannot be departed from by agreement to the disadvantage of the traveller (reisende).
What does this mean?
The section says that contract terms cannot leave the traveller worse off than the law does. Such a term has no effect. Terms that leave the traveller better off, on the other hand, are allowed. The rule makes the requirements of the law a minimum, no matter what the organiser (arrangør) writes in its terms and conditions. It is among the introductory provisions, together with the rules on scope (virkeområde) (§ 1) and on exceptions from the scope (§ 2), and applies to the whole Act. The traveller can therefore disregard such terms.