PART 5

Regulation of payment systems

General duties of Regulator

Regulatory principles
53
The regulatory principles referred to in section 49(3)(c) are as follows—
a
the need to use the resources of the Payment Systems Regulator in the most efficient and economic way;
b
the principle that a burden or restriction which is imposed on a person, or on the carrying on of an activity, should be proportionate to the benefits, considered in general terms, which are expected to result from the imposition of that burden or restriction;
c
the desirability of sustainable growth in the economy of the United Kingdom in the medium or long term , including in a way consistent with contributing towards achieving compliance by the Secretary of State with section 1 of the Climate Change Act 2008 (UK net zero emissions target) and section 5 of the Environment Act 2021 (environmental targets) where the Payment Systems Regulator considers the exercise of its functions to be relevant to the making of such a contribution;
d
the general principle that those who use services provided by payment systems should take responsibility for their decisions;
e
the responsibilities of the senior management of persons subject to requirements imposed by or under this Part, including those affecting persons who use services provided by payment systems, in relation to compliance with those requirements;
f
the desirability where appropriate of the Payment Systems Regulator exercising its functions in a way that recognises differences in the nature of, and objectives of, businesses carried on by different persons subject to requirements imposed by or under this Part;
g
the desirability in appropriate cases of the Payment Systems Regulator publishing information relating to persons on whom requirements are imposed by or under this Part, or requiring such persons to publish information, as a means of contributing to the advancement by the Payment Systems Regulator of its payment systems objectives;
h
the principle that the Payment Systems Regulator should exercise its functions as transparently as possible.
S. 53 in force at 1.3.2014 by S.I. 2014/377, art. 2(1)(a), Sch. Pt. 1
Words in s. 53(c) inserted (29.8.2023 for specified purposes, 1.1.2025 for specified purposes) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), s. 86(3), Sch. 7 para. 3; S.I. 2023/779, reg. 4(ccc)(iii); S.I. 2023/1382, reg. 12(d) (with reg. 16(2))