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The Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental Health Crisis Moratorium) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020

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Creditor’s request for review of a moratorium

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17.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), a creditor who receives notification of a moratorium under these Regulations may request that the debt advice provider who initiated the moratorium or (as the case may be) the debt advice provider to whom the debtor has been referred since the start of the moratorium reviews the moratorium to determine whether it should continue or be cancelled in respect of some or all of the moratorium debts on one or both of the following grounds, namely that—

(a)the moratorium unfairly prejudices the interests of the creditor, or

(b)there has been some material irregularity in relation to any of the matters specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The matters in relation to which a creditor may request a review on the ground of material irregularity are that—

(a)the debtor did not meet the relevant eligibility criteria when the application for the moratorium was made,

(b)a moratorium debt is not a qualifying debt, or

(c)the debtor has sufficient funds to discharge or liquidate their debt as it falls due.

(3) A request under paragraph (1) must be made within the period of 20 days beginning with the day on which the moratorium started.

(4) Where an additional debt is included in a moratorium in accordance with regulation 15, the creditor to whom the additional debt is owed may request a review of the moratorium in relation to the additional debt in accordance with this regulation.

(5) A request under paragraph (4) must be made within the period of 20 days beginning with the day on which the moratorium took effect in relation to the additional debt under regulation 15(7).

(6) Any request made under this regulation must—

(a)be made in writing to the debtor’s debt advice provider, and

(b)contain the following—

(i)a statement of the ground or grounds on which the review is requested, and

(ii)evidence which supports the statement.

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