s 3 “Consumer” and “consumer matters”
(1) In this Part “consumer” and “consumer matters” have the meaning given by this section. (2) “ Consumer ” means— (a) a person who purchases, uses or receives, in Great Britain, goods or services which are supplied in the course of a business carried on by the person supplying or seeking to supply them, or (b) a person who purchases, uses or receives postal services in Northern Ireland. (3) “ Consumer ” includes both an existing consumer and a future consumer. (4) For the purposes of subsection (2)— (a) a person who uses services includes, in relation to postal services , an addressee; (b) “ goods ” includes land or an interest in land; (c) “ business ” includes a profession and the activities of any government department, local or public authority or other public body. (5) “ Consumer matters ” means— (a) the interests of consumers, and (b) any matter connected with those interests.