Undertaking - John David Sports Fashion (Ireland) Limited trading as JD Sports
- Enforcement date:28 June 2026
- Publication date:5 July 2026
- Enforcement action:Undertaking
- Consumer protection list:Yes
- Relevant legislation:Section 6BB(1) of the Consumer Protection Act 2007
- Entity/Individual:John David Sports Fashion (Ireland) Limited
- Trading as:JD Sports
- Trading Address:Fitzwilliam 28, Fitzwilliam Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 KF20
- County:Dublin
- Type of Business:Fashion Retailer
Pursuant to section 73 of the Consumer Protection Act 2007 (the '2007 Act'), the CCPC accepted an undertaking from John David Sports Fashion (Ireland) Limited, the trader, trading as JD Sports. The CCPC identified that JD Sports had committed or engaged in a prohibited act or practice by entering into gift voucher contracts that were contrary to the requirements set out in section 66B(1)(a) of the 2007 Act. Section 66B(1)(a) of the 2007 Act requires a gift voucher contract to contain a term that the gift voucher is “subject to an expiry date that is at least 5 years from the date on which the contract was entered into, or not subject to an expiry date".
The trader undertook to ensure compliance with the Consumer Protection Act 2007, and, in particular to ensure gift voucher contracts that it enters into are subject to an expiry date that is at least 5 years from the date on which the contract was entered into, or not subject to an expiry date. The trader also undertook inter alia to:
- identify each gift voucher contract it entered into since 2 December 2019 that contained a term stating that the gift voucher was subject to an expiry date that was less than 5 years from the date on which the contract was entered into (the “contravening gift voucher contracts”);
- identify each consumer that it entered into such contravening gift voucher contracts with (the “affected consumers”);
- inform each affected consumer via email (at a minimum rate of 250 affected consumers per week) of the issue of the contravening gift voucher contracts; and (iv) as part of the correspondence referenced at section 2(iii) above, provide each consumer with a replacement gift voucher that (a) contains a term stating that the gift voucher is subject to an expiry date that is at least 5 years from the date of such correspondence or is not subject to an expiry date and (b) is of the same monetary value as the unspent balance at the date of expiry of the gift voucher that was the subject of the contravening gift voucher contract.
