The proposal for legislation
The five clauses, re-expressed as obligations a legislature could enact. This is a proposal, not a draft bill and not enacted law — the site's naming rule (record, never verdict; no adjectives) applies here too, so this page states what it is rather than what it argues for. As of 25 August 2026.
The five clauses, as obligations
| Clause | As a standard | As a proposed obligation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | We can tell you how much you used it | A trader must be able to produce, on request, a record of the consumer's usage of the subscribed service. |
| 2 | We tell you without you having to ask | A trader must issue a usage summary to the consumer at a stated interval, without a request being necessary. |
| 3 | Leaving is as easy as joining, by the same route | The cancellation route must require no more steps, and no different channel, than the sign-up route. |
| 4 | We warn you before we charge you again | Where usage has fallen below a stated threshold, the trader must notify the consumer before the next renewal charge. |
| 5 | We don't charge for a period you couldn't use | A trader may not charge, or must refund, any period during which the service was unavailable to the consumer through the trader's own failure. |
What the spring-2027 regime already covers, and what this adds
The status of the incoming regime is tracked in full, with its as-at date and commencement status, on /law/. In summary: cooling-off on trial conversion and auto-renewal, renewal reminders, and a mandatory easy-exit route are not yet in force — commencement slipped from autumn 2026 to spring 2027, per a written statement dated 13 April 2026. Three of the five clauses above go beyond what that regime requires even once it commences:
- Clause 1 (a usable, on-request usage record) has no direct analogue in the incoming regime, which addresses renewal notices and cancellation routes, not the underlying usage data.
- Clause 4's threshold — a warning keyed to actual usage falling away — goes beyond a flat renewal reminder, which fires regardless of whether the service was used.
- Clause 5 (no charge for an unusable period) is not addressed by the cancellation-rights regime at all; it is closer to the cancellation-information lever described on /law/.
That delta — the gap between what the 2027 regime requires and what these five clauses ask for — is the legislative argument this page exists to carry forward once there is register evidence to cite.