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Consumer Credit Act 2006

Unfair Relationships

Section 21: Interpretation of ss.140A and 140B of the 1974 Act

50.Section 21 inserts a new section 140C after the new section 140B (inserted into the 1974 Act by section 20). The new section 140C defines the types of agreements that are covered by sections 140A and 140B. Any agreement that involves the provision of credit to an individual, whether or not regulated by the 1974 Act (except as specified (see paragraph 48 above)), is covered. The sections also cover, through the definition of “related agreement”, the practice where the creditor enters into successive credit agreements with a debtor for the purpose, for example, of increasing the total amount of the debt or obtaining multiple fees from the debtor for setting up each loan.

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