(1)This section applies on or at any time after the making of an order under section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, after this section comes into force, which has the effect that a relevant credit activity becomes a regulated activity for the purposes of that Act.
(2)Section 107(6) of the Financial Services Act 2012 (power to make provision about the application of the Consumer Credit Act 1974) has effect as if—
(a)the reference to an order of the kind mentioned in subsection (1) of that section included an order of the kind mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, and
(b)the references to a transferred activity included a relevant credit activity which is the subject of an order of the kind mentioned in subsection (1) of this section.
(3)“Relevant credit activity” means the activity of—
(a)entering into an agreement described in article 60F(2) or (3) of the Regulated Activities Order (certain borrower-lender-supplier agreements for fixed-sum credit or running-account credit) as lender, or
(b)exercising, or having the right to exercise, the lender's rights and duties under such an agreement,
so far as the activity is not a transferred activity (as defined in section 107(1) of the Financial Services Act 2012).
(4)“The Regulated Activities Order” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544) as it has effect on the passing of this Act.
Commencement Information
I1S. 37 in force at 1.7.2021 by S.I. 2021/739, reg. 3(s)