The Debt Relief Orders (Designation of Competent Authorities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Applications to a competent authority for approval to act as intermediary

9.—(1) Applications to a competent authority by an individual for approval to act as an intermediary shall be in writing and contain—

(a) the individual’s full name and address, date of birth and gender;

(b) any name or names used by the applicant for any purpose, if different from the above;

(c) a description of the individual’s current occupation or activities;

(d) a description giving reasons why the individual should be considered suitable for approval;

(e) whether the individual is a member of a relevant body and if so which;

(f) the individual’s educational and professional qualifications;

(g) the source of the individual’s income and the individual’s current financial status;

(h) details of the individual’s expertise in the provision of debt management or debt counselling services including details of any education, training and development which the individual has undergone and any qualifications the individual has acquired in connection with the provision of debt management or debt counselling services;

(i) details of any consumer credit licence which the individual has in place or of any exemption claimed by him or her from the requirement to possess or be covered by such a licence (as the case may be), or, if none, how the individual proposes to secure that he or she has in place, or is validly covered by, a consumer credit licence;

(j) details of any public liability or personal indemnity insurance which the individual has in place, or, if none, how the individual proposes to secure that he or she has in place, or is validly covered by, appropriate public liability or personal indemnity insurance;

(k) copies of—

(i) documents confirming the individual’s name, address and date of birth;

(ii) material relating to the educational, training and development experience referred to in sub-paragraph (h);

(iii) material relating to the individual’s professional or other qualifications.

(2) In this regulation, “relevant body” means a body concerned with the regulation of persons who provide or ensure the provision of debt management or debt counselling services.

(3) The application may be accompanied by further information in support of the application; and the competent authority may request the individual to supply further information or evidence.