PART 2Financial services

Enforceability of agreements

27Enforceability of agreements relating to credit

1

Section 26A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (agreements relating to credit) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (4)—

a

the words from “has” to the end become paragraph (a);

b

after that paragraph insert—

b

is an appointed representative in relation to that activity,

c

is an exempt person in relation to that activity, or

d

is a person to whom, as a result of Part 20, the general prohibition does not apply in relation to that activity.

3

In subsection (5)—

a

the words from “the agreement” (in the third place they occur) to the end become paragraph (a) (and the existing paragraphs (a) and (b) become sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of that paragraph);

b

after that paragraph insert—

b

that person is an appointed representative in relation to that activity,

c

that person is an exempt person in relation to that activity, or

d

that person is a person to whom, as a result of Part 20, the general prohibition does not apply in relation to that activity.