S.I. 2012/1759.

1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), Schedule, Part 1. By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51) legislation may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created or arising by or under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1992 (Cm 2183).

2013 c. 33.

OJ L 123, 19.5.2013, p.1.

2002 c. 40. Section 15 was amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 8 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15).

S.I. 2014/882.

S.I. 2009/209.

2002 c. 40.

Part 2 of Schedule 13 was amended by S.I. 2005/2759, 2008/1277, 2011/1208 and 2015/542 and 1392.

There are amendments to Schedule 15 but none is relevant to these Regulations.

Section 213(1) was amended by S.I. 2014/892.

Reg. 3(2)(a) substituted (26.10.2018) by The Financial Regulators Powers (Technical Standards etc.) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1115), regs. 1(2), 11(2)(a)(i)

Word in reg. 3(5)(a) omitted (26.10.2018) by virtue of The Financial Regulators Powers (Technical Standards etc.) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1115), regs. 1(2), 11(2)(b)(i)

Reg. 3(5)(c)(d) inserted (26.10.2018) by The Financial Regulators Powers (Technical Standards etc.) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1115), regs. 1(2), 11(2)(b)(ii)

Words in reg. 14(1)(f)(i) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 446(1) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Reg. 3 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(c) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Words in reg. 3(2)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Reg. 3(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Words in reg. 3(2)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Reg. 16 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284), regs. 1(2), 2(3) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Reg. 21 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284), regs. 1(2), 2(4) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Reg. 22 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284), regs. 1(2), 2(5) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Word in reg. 23 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284), regs. 1(2), 2(6) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Reg. 24(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284), regs. 1(2), 2(7) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1911/2020-12-31The Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseFINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS2024-03-05Expert Participation2020-12-31These Regulations comply with the obligations to designate competent authorities, lay down rules on penalties and take measures for the settlement of disputes under Articles 13 to 15 of Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions (OJ L 123, 19.5.2013, p.1.) (“the interchange fee regulation”). They also exercise in the United Kingdom the options under Articles 1(5) and 3(3) of the interchange fee regulation to grant relief from some requirements of the interchange fee regulation for a limited time.The Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015RegulationsFinancial Services and Markets Act 2023Sch. 1 Pt. 2s. 1(4)s. 86(3)

2015 No. 1911

Financial Services And Markets

The Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015

Made16th November 2015

Laid before Parliament17th November 2015

Coming into force9th December 2015

The Treasury are a government department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to financial services.

The Treasury make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

PART 1Introductory provisions1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015 and come into force on 9th December 2015.

2Interpretation1

In these Regulations—

the 2013 Act” means the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 ;

compliance failure” means a failure by a person to comply with—

a

an obligation, prohibition or restriction imposed by the interchange fee regulation, or

b

a direction given under regulation 4;

general direction” has the meaning given in regulation 4(6);

general guidance” has the meaning given in regulation 13(3);

the interchange fee regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions ;

the Payment Systems Regulator” means the body established under section 40(1) of the 2013 Act; and

regulated person” means a person on whom an obligation, prohibition or restriction is imposed by any provision of the interchange fee regulation.

2

Any expression used in these Regulations which is used in the interchange fee regulation has the same meaning as in the interchange fee regulation.

PART 2The Payment Systems Regulator3Functions1

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2

The Payment Systems Regulator must maintain arrangements to enable it to—

a

determine whether regulated persons comply ... with obligations, prohibitions and restrictions imposed on them by—

i

the interchange fee regulation, read together with regulations 22 (weighted average interchange fees for domestic debit card transactions) and 23 (exemption from maximum interchange fees for certain three party payment card schemes); or

ii

a technical standard made under section 97A of the 2013 Act;

b

enforce compliance ... by regulated persons with those obligations, prohibitions and restrictions.

3

In paragraph (2) references to regulated persons include reference to regulated persons situated outside the United Kingdom.

4

In discharging its functions mentioned in paragraph (5), the Payment Systems Regulator must have regard to—

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, 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, to the extent that having regard to such factors is appropriate given the obligations, prohibitions and restrictions imposed by the interchange fee regulation and the responsibility of the Payment Systems Regulator set out in paragraph (1);

d

the general principle that those who use services provided under payment card schemes should take responsibility for their decisions;

e

the responsibilities of the senior management of regulated persons in relation to compliance with obligations, prohibitions and restrictions imposed by the interchange fee regulation read together with regulations 22 and 23, or imposed under this Part;

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 regulated persons;

g

the desirability in appropriate cases of the Payment Systems Regulator publishing information relating to regulated persons, or requiring such persons to publish information;

h

the principle that the Payment Systems Regulator should exercise its functions as transparently as possible.

5

The functions are—

a

the function of giving general directions under regulation 4 (considered as a whole), ...

b

functions in relation to giving general guidance under regulation 13 (considered as a whole);

c

the function of making technical standards under section 97A of the 2013 Act; and

d

the function of making EU Exit instruments under the Financial Regulators’ Powers (Technical Standards) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.

4Directions1

The Payment Systems Regulator may give a direction in writing to any regulated person.

2

A direction may be given for the purpose of—

a

obtaining information about—

i

compliance with an obligation, prohibition or restriction imposed by the interchange fee regulation read together with regulations 22 and 23, or

ii

the application of any such obligation, prohibition or restriction to a person;

b

remedying a failure to comply with an obligation, prohibition or restriction imposed by the interchange fee regulation read together with regulations 22 and 23;

c

preventing a failure to comply, or continued non-compliance, with such an obligation, prohibition or restriction;

d

providing redress or compensation to a person who has suffered a loss as a result of a failure to comply with such an obligation, prohibition or restriction.

3

A direction may require or prohibit the taking of specified action.

4

A direction given for the purpose mentioned at paragraph (2)(b) or (c) may, in particular, require or prohibit the taking of specified action in relation to the rules, practices, standards or implementation guidelines of a payment card scheme, or the terms of agreements between regulated persons.

5

A direction may apply—

a

in relation to all regulated persons or in relation to every regulated person of a specified description; or

b

in relation to a specified regulated person or specified regulated persons.

6

A direction that applies as mentioned in paragraph (5)(a) is referred to in this Part as a “general direction”.

7

The Payment Systems Regulator must publish any general direction.

5Publication of compliance failures etc

The Payment Systems Regulator may publish details of—

a

a compliance failure by a regulated person; or

b

a penalty imposed under regulation 6.

6Penalties1

The Payment Systems Regulator may require a regulated person to pay a penalty in respect of a compliance failure.

2

A penalty—

a

must be paid to the Payment Systems Regulator; and

b

may be enforced by the Payment Systems Regulator as a debt.

3

The Payment Systems Regulator must prepare a statement of the principles which it will apply in determining—

a

whether to impose a penalty, and

b

the amount of a penalty.

4

The Payment Systems Regulator must—

a

publish the statement on its website,

b

send a copy to the Treasury,

c

review the statement from time to time and revise it if necessary (and paragraphs (a) and (b) apply to a revision), and

d

in applying the statement to a compliance failure, apply the version in force when the compliance failure occurred.

7Warning notices

Before publishing details of a compliance failure by a regulated person under regulation 5(a) or imposing a penalty on a regulated person under regulation 6, the Payment Systems Regulator must—

a

give the person a notice in writing,

b

give the person at least 21 days to make representations,

c

consider any representations made, and

d

as soon as is reasonably practicable, give the person a notice in writing stating whether or not it intends to publish the details or impose the penalty.

8Injunctions1

If, on the application of the Payment Systems Regulator, the court is satisfied—

a

that there is a reasonable likelihood that there will be a compliance failure, or

b

that there has been a compliance failure and there is a reasonable likelihood that it will continue or be repeated,

the court may make an order restraining the conduct constituting the failure.

2

If, on the application of the Payment Systems Regulator, the court is satisfied—

a

that there has been a compliance failure by a regulated person, and

b

that there are steps which could be taken for remedying the failure,

the court may make an order requiring the regulated person, and anyone else who appears to have been knowingly concerned in the failure, to take such steps as the court may direct to remedy it.

3

If, on the application of the Payment Systems Regulator, the court is satisfied—

a

that there may have been a compliance failure by a regulated person, or

b

that another person may have been knowingly concerned in a compliance failure,

the court may make an order restraining the regulated person or other person (as the case may be) from dealing with any assets which it is satisfied the person is reasonably likely to deal with.

4

The jurisdiction conferred by this regulation is exercisable—

a

in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, by the High Court, and

b

in Scotland, by the Court of Session.

5

In this regulation—

a

references to an order restraining anything are, in Scotland, to be read as references to an interdict prohibiting that thing,

b

references to remedying a failure include mitigating its effect, and

c

references to dealing with assets include disposing of them.

9Appeals: general1

A person who is affected by—

a

a decision to give a direction under regulation 4 other than a general direction, or

b

a decision to publish details under regulation 5(a),

may appeal against the decision to the Competition Appeal Tribunal in accordance with regulation 10.

2

A person who is affected by a decision to impose a penalty under regulation 6 may appeal against the decision to the Competition Appeal Tribunal in accordance with regulation 11.

10Appeals against directions and publication of compliance failures1

This regulation applies where a person is appealing to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) against a decision to give a direction under regulation 4 or to publish details under regulation 5(a).

2

The means of making an appeal is by sending the Tribunal a notice of appeal in accordance with Tribunal rules.

3

The notice of appeal must be sent within the period specified, in relation to the decision appealed against, in those rules.

4

In determining an appeal made in accordance with this regulation, the Tribunal must apply the same principles as would be applied by a court on an application for judicial review.

5

The Tribunal must either—

a

dismiss the appeal, or

b

quash the whole or part of the decision to which the appeal relates.

6

If the Tribunal quashes the whole or part of a decision, it may refer the matter back to the Payment Systems Regulator with a direction to reconsider and make a new decision in accordance with its ruling.

7

The Tribunal may not direct the Payment Systems Regulator to take any action which it would not otherwise have the power to take in relation to the decision.

8

In this regulation and regulation 11 “Tribunal rules” means rules under section 15 of the Enterprise Act 2002 .

11Appeals in relation to penalties1

This regulation applies where a person is appealing to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) against a decision to impose a penalty under regulation 6.

2

The person may appeal against—

a

the imposition of the penalty,

b

the amount of the penalty, or

c

any date by which the penalty, or any part of it, is required to be paid.

3

The means of making an appeal is by sending the Tribunal a notice of appeal in accordance with Tribunal rules.

4

The notice of appeal must be sent within the period specified, in relation to the decision appealed against, in those rules.

5

The Tribunal may do any of the following—

a

uphold the penalty;

b

set aside the penalty;

c

substitute for the penalty a penalty of an amount decided by the Tribunal;

d

vary any date by which the penalty, or any part of it, is required to be paid.

6

If an appeal is made in accordance with this regulation, the penalty is not required to be paid until the appeal has been determined.

7

Paragraphs (2), (5) and (6) do not restrict the power to make Tribunal rules; and those paragraphs are subject to Tribunal rules.

8

Except as provided by this regulation, the validity of the penalty may not be questioned by any legal proceedings whatever.

9

In the case of an appeal made in accordance with this regulation, a decision of the Tribunal has the same effect as, and may be enforced in the same manner as, a decision of the Payment Systems Regulator.

12Payees' complaints and dispute resolution1

This regulation applies where a payee makes an application to the Payment Systems Regulator seeking resolution of a dispute between the payee and the payee's payment service provider arising under the interchange fee regulation read together with regulations 22 and 23.

2

If the payee's complaint appears to the Payment Systems Regulator to be justified, the Payment Systems Regulator—

a

must consider whether to exercise its powers under these Regulations in relation to any suspected compliance failure by the payment service provider; and

b

may take any other steps it considers appropriate for the purpose of seeking resolution of the dispute.

13Guidance1

The Payment Systems Regulator may give guidance consisting of such information and advice as it considers appropriate—

a

with respect to the operation of specified provisions of the interchange fee regulation and these Regulations;

b

with respect to any other matter relating to its functions under the interchange fee regulation and these Regulations;

c

with respect to any other matters about which it appears to the Payment Systems Regulator to be desirable to give information or advice.

2

Guidance given by the Payment Systems Regulator under this regulation—

a

may be given to persons generally or to a class of persons;

b

may be intended to have continuing effect, and

c

may be given in writing or other legible form.

3

Guidance which is given as described in paragraph (2)(a), (b) and (c) is referred to in this Part as “general guidance”.

4

The Payment Systems Regulator may give financial or other assistance to persons giving information or advice of a kind which the Payment Systems Regulator could give under this regulation.

5

The Payment Systems Regulator may—

a

publish its guidance,

b

offer copies of its published guidance for sale at a reasonable price, and

c

if it gives guidance in response to a request made by any person, make a reasonable charge for that guidance.

14Information and investigation1

Sections 81 to 93 of the 2013 Act (information and investigation powers and disclosure of information) apply for the purposes of the Payment Systems Regulator's functions under the interchange fee regulation and these Regulations as if—

a

references to Part 5 of the 2013 Act were references to the interchange fee regulation and these Regulations;

b

references to a participant in a regulated payment system were references to a regulated person and references to participation in a payment system were references to compliance with the interchange fee regulation read together with regulations 22 and 23;

c

references to a compliance failure were references to a compliance failure as defined in regulation 2(1);

d

in section 81 (power to obtain information or documents), subsection (1)(a) were omitted;

e

in section 83 (appointment of persons to conduct investigations), subsection (1) were omitted;

f

in section 90 (enforcement of information and investigation powers)—

i

in subsection (7)(a)(i) for “12 months (or 6 months, if the offence was committed before the commencement of section paragraph 24(2) of Schedule 22 to the Sentencing Act 2020 )” there were substituted “ 3 months ”;

ii

in subsection (7)(a)(iii) for “6 months” there were substituted “ 3 months ”; and

iii

in subsection (8)(a) for “51 weeks (or 3 months, if the offence was committed before the commencement of section 280(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003)” there were substituted “ 3 months ”;

g

in section 91 (restrictions on disclosure of confidential information), subsection (6) were omitted; and

h

in section 93 (offences relating to disclosure of confidential information), in subsection (4)(a) for “51 weeks (or 3 months, if the offence was committed before the commencement of section 280(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003)” there were substituted “ 3 months ”.

2

The Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”) apply for the purposes of the Payment Systems Regulator's functions under the interchange fee regulation and these Regulations as if—

a

the reference in regulation 5(3)(a) of the 2014 Regulations (disclosure for the purposes of certain other proceedings) to Part 5 of the 2013 Act were a reference to the interchange fee regulation and these Regulations; and

b

the following entry were included in the table in the Schedule to the 2014 Regulations (persons and functions in respect of which disclosure is permitted)—

A general enforcer as defined in section 213(1) of the Enterprise Act 2002

Its functions under Part 8 of the Enterprise Act 2002 in so far as they relate to Article 10(4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions, and under regulation 20 of the Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015.

.

15Application of other provisions of the 2013 Act1

For the purposes of these Regulations section 40(3) and (4) of the 2013 Act (Financial Conduct Authority to ensure capability of Payment Systems Regulator) applies as if the reference in section 40(3) of that Act to the functions conferred on the Payment Systems Regulator by or under Part 5 of that Act were a reference to the functions of the Payment Systems Regulator under the interchange fee regulation and these Regulations.

2

For the purposes of these Regulations section 104 of the 2013 Act (consultation in relation to generally applicable requirements) applies as if—

a

in subsection (1)—

i

the reference in paragraph (a) to a general direction under section 54 of that Act were a reference to a general direction under regulation 4;

ii

paragraph (b) were omitted;

b

in subsection (3)(c), the reference to the Payment Systems Regulator's duties under section 49 were a reference to the Payment Systems Regulator's duties under regulation 3(2) and (4) (duties to maintain arrangements for supervision and compliance and to have regard to regulatory principles); and

c

in subsection (10), the reference to regulated payment systems were a reference to regulated persons.

3

For the purposes of these Regulations paragraphs 5, 7 and 9 to 14 of Schedule 4 to the 2013 Act (the Payment Systems Regulator) apply as if—

a

references to the functions of the Payment Systems Regulator by or under Part 5 of the 2013 Act were references to the functions of the Payment Systems Regulator under the interchange fee regulation and these Regulations;

b

in paragraph 5 of that Schedule (arrangements for discharging functions)—

i

in sub-paragraph (3), the reference to general directions under section 54 of the 2013 Act were a reference to general directions under regulation 4;

ii

sub-paragraph (3)(b) were omitted;

iii

in sub-paragraph (4), the reference to general guidance were a reference to general guidance under regulation 13;

c

in paragraph 7 of that Schedule (annual report), sub-paragraph (2)(b) were omitted;

d

in paragraph 9 (funding) of that Schedule, in sub-paragraph (1) the reference to participants in regulated payment systems were a reference to regulated persons;

e

in paragraph 10 of that Schedule (penalty receipts)—

i

references to penalties imposed under section 73 of the 2013 Act were references to penalties imposed under regulation 6;

ii

in sub-paragraph (4)—

aa

in paragraph (a) the reference to the Payment Systems Regulator's powers under sections 72 to 75 of the 2013 Act were a reference to the Payment Systems Regulator's powers under regulations 5 to 8;

bb

paragraph (b) were omitted;

cc

in paragraphs (c) and (d) the reference to relevant offences were to offences under Part 5 of the 2013 Act as applied by regulation 14; and

iii

sub-paragraph (5) were omitted; and

f

in paragraph 11 of that Schedule (penalty receipts)—

i

in sub-paragraph (1), the reference to penalties imposed under section 73 of the 2013 Act were a reference to penalties imposed under regulation 6; and

ii

in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), the references to participants in regulated payment systems were references to regulated persons.

PART 3The Financial Conduct Authority16Designation as a competent authority

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17Amendment of the Payment Services Regulations 20091

The Payment Services Regulations 2009 are amended as follows.

2

After regulation 80 (functions of the Authority) insert—

80AApplication of this Part to requirements of the Interchange Fee Regulation1

For the purposes of this Part with the exception of regulation 92A and Schedule 4A—

a

the requirements imposed on payment services providers by Articles 8(2), 9(2) and 12 of the interchange fee regulation are to be treated as if they were included in Part 5 of these Regulations, and

b

the requirements imposed on payment services providers by Articles 8(5) and (6), 9(1), 10(1) and (5) and 11 of the interchange fee regulation are to be treated as if they were included in Part 6 of these Regulations.

2

In paragraph (1) “the interchange fee regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions.

.

3

In paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 (application and modification of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2001)—

a

for sub-paragraph (a)(i) substitute—

i

in the definition of “EEA competent authority” after “single market directives” insert “ , the payment services directive, Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions ”;

b

after sub-paragraph (a)(iii) insert—

iv

in the definition of “single market restrictions” after paragraph (m) insert—

n

article 22 of the payment services directive;

;

;

c

for sub-paragraph (e)(i) substitute—

i

in paragraph (1) after “paragraphs” insert “ (1B) ”;

;

d

in sub-paragraph (e)(ii)—

i

for “(3B)” substitute “ (1A) ”;

ii

renumber the inserted paragraph (4) as paragraph (1B); and

iii

in that inserted paragraph, for “Part 5” substitute “ Part 4A ”; and

e

in sub-paragraph (h), renumber the inserted Part 5 as Part 4A.

PART 4General enforcers under Part 8 of the Enterprise Act 200218Amendment of the Enterprise Act 20021

The Enterprise Act 2002 is amended as follows.

2

In Part 2 of Schedule 13 (listed Directives and Regulations) , after paragraph 14 insert—

15

Article 10(4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions.

.

3

In Schedule 15 (enactments conferring functions) at the end insert—

The Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015.

.

PART 5Co-operation between regulators19Amendment of the 2013 Act

In section 98 of the 2013 Act (duty of regulators to ensure co-ordinated exercise of functions)—

a

in subsection (5)—

i

in paragraph (a), after “this Part” insert “ or Part 2 of the Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015 ”;

ii

in paragraph (c), after “(see section 1A(6) of that Act)” insert “ or Part 3 of the Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015 ”;

b

in subsection (6)—

i

in paragraph (a), after “payment systems objectives” insert “ and ensuring compliance with the interchange fee regulation (see Part 2 of the Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015) ”;

ii

in paragraph (c), after “FSMA 2000” insert “ and ensuring compliance with Articles 8(2), (5) and (6), 9, 10(1) and (5), 11 and 12 of the interchange fee regulation (see Part 3 of the Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015) ”;

c

after subsection (6) insert—

7

In subsection (6) “the interchange fee regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions.

.

20Co-operation between the Payment Systems Regulator and general enforcers

The Payment Systems Regulator and general enforcers, as defined in section 213(1) of the Enterprise Act 2002 , must take such steps as they consider appropriate to co-operate with each other for the purposes of the exercise of their functions in relation to Article 10(4) of the interchange fee regulation.

21Co-operation with competent authorities in other Member States

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PART 6Transitional relief from requirements of the interchange fee regulation22Exemption from maximum interchange fees for certain three party payment card schemes

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23Weighted average interchange fees for UK debit card transactions

Until 9th December 2020—

a

payment service providers need not comply with Article 3(1) (maximum interchange fees for consumer debit card transactions) of the interchange fee regulation in relation to UK debit card transactions;

b

payment service providers that do not comply with Article 3(1) of the interchange fee regulation in relation to UK debit card transactions must apply to such transactions within each payment card scheme a weighted average interchange fee of no more than the equivalent of 0.2% of the annual average transaction value of all UK debit card transactions within that scheme.

PART 7Review24Review1

The Treasury must from time to time—

a

carry out a review of these Regulations,

b

set out the conclusions of the review in a report, and

c

publish the report.

2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

The report must in particular—

a

set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations,

b

assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved, and

c

assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.

4

The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.

5

Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

David EvennettGeorge Hollingbery Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations comply with the obligations to designate competent authorities, lay down rules on penalties and take measures for the settlement of disputes under Articles 13 to 15 of Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions (OJ L 123, 19.5.2013, p.1.) (“the interchange fee regulation”). They also exercise in the United Kingdom the options under Articles 1(5) and 3(3) of the interchange fee regulation to grant relief from some requirements of the interchange fee regulation for a limited time.

Part 2 designates the Payment Systems Regulator as a competent authority in the United Kingdom for the interchange fee regulation and sets out the duties and powers of the Payment Systems Regulator in that role. The regulatory regime set out in Part 2 is closely aligned to the existing regime overseen by the Payment Systems Regulator under Part 5 of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33).

Part 3 designates the Financial Conduct Authority as a competent authority in the United Kingdom for certain provisions of the interchange fee regulation, and amends the Payment Services Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/209) so that the relevant requirements of the interchange fee regulation are treated as being requirements imposed by those Regulations. The Financial Conduct Authority may act under the Payment Services Regulations 2009 to supervise and enforce compliance with those requirements by firms regulated under those Regulations.

Part 4 adds Article 10(4) of the interchange fee regulation (which requires payees to inform consumers if they do not accept all cards issued under a payment card scheme) to Schedule 13 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40) so that the Competition and Markets Authority, local weights and measures authorities in Great Britain and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland may enforce a contravention of Article 10(4) which harms the collective interests of consumers under Part 8 of the Enterprise Act 2002.

Part 5 amends provisions in the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013, which require co-operation between the Payment Systems Regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Bank of England and the Prudential Regulation Authority, such that those co-operation requirements include the functions of the Payment Systems Regulator and Financial Conduct Authority in relation to the interchange fee regulation. Part 5 also requires co-operation between the Payment Systems Regulator and the Competition and Markets Authority, local weights and measures authorities in Great Britain and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland.

Part 6 exercises the option in Article 1(5) of the interchange fee regulation, exempting from the interchange fee cap until 9th December 2018 domestic transactions under any three party payment card scheme which is considered to be a four party payment card scheme pursuant to Article 1(5) of the interchange fee regulation, and which does not exceed the market share set out in Article 1(5). Part 6 also exercises the option in Article 3(3) of the interchange fee regulation, allowing payment service providers to apply the interchange fee cap on a weighted average basis for domestic debit card transactions, until 9th December 2020.

Part 7 provides for the Treasury to review the Regulations at intervals not exceeding five years. In addition, Article 17 of the interchange fee regulation requires the European Commission to review the application of the interchange fee regulation by 9th June 2019.

A full Impact Assessment of the effect that these Regulations will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from Her Majesty's Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ or on HM Treasury's website (www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury) and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside these Regulations on the legislation.gov.uk website.

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<note class="commentary M" eId="c22693481">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/1759">S.I. 2012/1759</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22693491">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/68">1972 c. 68</ref>
. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/7">Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/7/schedule">Sch</ref>
edule, Part 1. By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) by section 1 of the
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1993/51">European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51)</ref>
legislation may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created or arising by or under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1992 (Cm 2183).
</p>
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<note class="commentary M" eId="c22693501">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/33">2013 c. 33</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22693511">
<p>OJ L 123, 19.5.2013, p.1.</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22693521">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40">2002 c. 40</ref>
. Section 15 was amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 8 to the
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2015/15">Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22693531">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/882">S.I. 2014/882</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22693541">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/209">S.I. 2009/209</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22693551">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40">2002 c. 40</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22693561">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1911/part/2">Part 2</ref>
of Schedule 13 was amended by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/2759">S.I. 2005/2759</ref>
, 2008/1277, 2011/1208 and 2015/542 and 1392.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22693571">
<p>There are amendments to Schedule 15 but none is relevant to these Regulations.</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22693581">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1911/section/213/1">Section 213(1)</ref>
was amended by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">S.I. 2014/892</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-afdf26066edad91d67397a969c4d9568">
<p>
Reg. 3(2)(a) substituted (26.10.2018) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/1115">The Financial Regulators Powers (Technical Standards etc.) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1115)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/1115/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/1115/regulation/11/2/a/i">11(2)(a)(i)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-83d3c02b8fa728ac271338eca0a48d17">
<p>
Word in reg. 3(5)(a) omitted (26.10.2018) by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/1115">The Financial Regulators Powers (Technical Standards etc.) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1115)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/1115/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/1115/regulation/11/2/b/i">11(2)(b)(i)</ref>
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<note class="commentary F" eId="key-0cea89bb770c075d3decdfcdb77b2392">
<p>
Reg. 3(5)(c)(d) inserted (26.10.2018) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/1115">The Financial Regulators Powers (Technical Standards etc.) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1115)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/1115/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/1115/regulation/11/2/b/ii">11(2)(b)(ii)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-623c9f9a732346d557067e5aa7ede0f7">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1911/regulation/14/1/f/i">reg. 14(1)(f)(i)</ref>
substituted (1.12.2020) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17">Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17/section/416/1">s. 416(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/24/paragraph/446/1">Sch. 24 para. 446(1)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/24/paragraph/447">Sch. 24 para. 447</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/27">Sch. 27</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1236">S.I. 2020/1236</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1236/regulation/2">reg. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-b030bda88c52cd0166c970ef50f913e7">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1911/regulation/3">Reg. 3</ref>
heading substituted (31.12.2020) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284">The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/2/2/c">2(2)(c)</ref>
(with savings in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680">S.I. 2019/680</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680/regulation/11">reg. 11</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1">2020 c. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-8451e9314f78de311d3f473834a96871">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1911/regulation/3/2/a">reg. 3(2)(a)</ref>
omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284">The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/2/2/b">2(2)(b)</ref>
(with savings in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680">S.I. 2019/680</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680/regulation/11">reg. 11</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1">2020 c. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-c2770c5d7694d42687ccb8f5a3a72a34">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1911/regulation/3/1">Reg. 3(1)</ref>
omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284">The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/2/2/a">2(2)(a)</ref>
(with savings in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680">S.I. 2019/680</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680/regulation/11">reg. 11</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1">2020 c. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-82f3f8effb71a3c5b77ee733ef6299ae">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1911/regulation/3/2/b">reg. 3(2)(b)</ref>
omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284">The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/2/2/b">2(2)(b)</ref>
(with savings in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680">S.I. 2019/680</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680/regulation/11">reg. 11</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1">2020 c. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-175a9435b699db125eaeb2f386b0fcac">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1911/regulation/16">Reg. 16</ref>
omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284">The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/2/3">2(3)</ref>
(with savings in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680">S.I. 2019/680</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680/regulation/11">reg. 11</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1">2020 c. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-db0ec9ed3241c0f1d146b0b586d2bf21">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1911/regulation/21">Reg. 21</ref>
omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284">The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/2/4">2(4)</ref>
(with savings in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680">S.I. 2019/680</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680/regulation/11">reg. 11</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1">2020 c. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-3e3224cb3fa57b25c7c772f09900ceaa">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1911/regulation/22">Reg. 22</ref>
omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284">The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/2/5">2(5)</ref>
(with savings in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680">S.I. 2019/680</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680/regulation/11">reg. 11</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1">2020 c. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-ff0d0fc2c45932ebb3c64c65a95be914">
<p>
Word in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1911/regulation/23">reg. 23</ref>
substituted (31.12.2020) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284">The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/2/6">2(6)</ref>
(with savings in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680">S.I. 2019/680</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680/regulation/11">reg. 11</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1">2020 c. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-273f5906cb9b6b2fb4b9ea27ca82726e">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1911/regulation/24/2">Reg. 24(2)</ref>
omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284">The Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/284)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/284/regulation/2/7">2(7)</ref>
(with savings in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680">S.I. 2019/680</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/680/regulation/11">reg. 11</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1">2020 c. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</ref>
</p>
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<shortTitle>The Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015</shortTitle>
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<span>Made</span>
<docDate date="2015-11-16">16th November 2015</docDate>
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<p class="LaidDate">
<span>Laid before Parliament</span>
<docDate date="2015-11-17">17th November 2015</docDate>
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<docDate date="2015-12-09">9th December 2015</docDate>
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The Treasury are a government department designated
<noteRef href="#c22693481" marker="M1" class="commentary M"/>
for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972
<noteRef href="#c22693491" marker="M2" class="commentary M"/>
in relation to financial services.
</p>
<p>The Treasury make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.</p>
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<num>
<strong>PART 1</strong>
</num>
<heading>Introductory provisions</heading>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-1" period="#period1">
<num>1</num>
<heading>Citation and commencement</heading>
<content>
<p>These Regulations may be cited as the Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015 and come into force on 9th December 2015.</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-2" period="#period3">
<num>2</num>
<heading>Interpretation</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-2-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>In these Regulations—</p>
<blockList class="unordered">
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-the-2013-act">the 2013 Act</term>
” means the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013
<noteRef href="#c22693501" marker="M3" class="commentary M"/>
;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-compliance-failure">compliance failure</term>
” means a failure by a person to comply with—
</p>
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<item>
<num>a</num>
<p>an obligation, prohibition or restriction imposed by the interchange fee regulation, or</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>b</num>
<p>a direction given under regulation 4;</p>
</item>
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<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-general-direction">general direction</term>
” has the meaning given in regulation 4(6);
</p>
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<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-general-guidance">general guidance</term>
” has the meaning given in regulation 13(3);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-the-interchange-fee-regulation">the interchange fee regulation</term>
” means Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions
<noteRef href="#c22693511" marker="M4" class="commentary M"/>
;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-the-payment-systems-regulator">the Payment Systems Regulator</term>
” means the body established under section 40(1) of the 2013 Act; and
</p>
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<p>
<term refersTo="#term-regulated-person">regulated person</term>
” means a person on whom an obligation, prohibition or restriction is imposed by any provision of the interchange fee regulation.
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<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Any expression used in these Regulations which is used in the interchange fee regulation has the same meaning as in the interchange fee regulation.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
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<num>
<strong>PART 2</strong>
</num>
<heading>The Payment Systems Regulator</heading>
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<num>3</num>
<heading>
<ins class="substitution key-b030bda88c52cd0166c970ef50f913e7-1667830229720 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-b030bda88c52cd0166c970ef50f913e7" marker="F5" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Functions
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<num>
<noteRef href="#key-c2770c5d7694d42687ccb8f5a3a72a34" marker="F7" class="commentary F"/>
1
</num>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-3-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The Payment Systems Regulator must maintain arrangements to enable it to—</p>
</intro>
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<num>
<ins class="substitution key-afdf26066edad91d67397a969c4d9568-1547042251947 first">
<noteRef href="#key-afdf26066edad91d67397a969c4d9568" marker="F1" class="commentary attribute F"/>
a
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<p>
<ins class="substitution key-afdf26066edad91d67397a969c4d9568-1547042251947">determine whether regulated persons comply </ins>
<ins class="substitution key-afdf26066edad91d67397a969c4d9568-1547042251947">
<noteRef href="#key-8451e9314f78de311d3f473834a96871" marker="F6" class="commentary F"/>
...
</ins>
<ins class="substitution key-afdf26066edad91d67397a969c4d9568-1547042251947"> with obligations, prohibitions and restrictions imposed on them by—</ins>
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<ins class="substitution key-afdf26066edad91d67397a969c4d9568-1547042251947">i</ins>
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<ins class="substitution key-afdf26066edad91d67397a969c4d9568-1547042251947">the interchange fee regulation, read together with regulations 22 (weighted average interchange fees for domestic debit card transactions) and 23 (exemption from maximum interchange fees for certain three party payment card schemes); or</ins>
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<ins class="substitution key-afdf26066edad91d67397a969c4d9568-1547042251947">ii</ins>
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<p>
<ins class="substitution key-afdf26066edad91d67397a969c4d9568-1547042251947 last">a technical standard made under section 97A of the 2013 Act</ins>
;
</p>
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<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
enforce compliance
<noteRef href="#key-82f3f8effb71a3c5b77ee733ef6299ae" marker="F8" class="commentary F"/>
... by regulated persons with those obligations, prohibitions and restrictions.
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<paragraph eId="regulation-3-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>In paragraph (2) references to regulated persons include reference to regulated persons situated outside the United Kingdom.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-3-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>In discharging its functions mentioned in paragraph (5), the Payment Systems Regulator must have regard to—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-3-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the need to use the resources of the Payment Systems Regulator in the most efficient and economic way;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-3-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>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, in general terms, which are expected to result from the imposition of that burden or restriction;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-3-4-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the desirability of sustainable growth in the economy of the United Kingdom in the medium or long term, to the extent that having regard to such factors is appropriate given the obligations, prohibitions and restrictions imposed by the interchange fee regulation and the responsibility of the Payment Systems Regulator set out in paragraph (1);</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-3-4-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>the general principle that those who use services provided under payment card schemes should take responsibility for their decisions;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-3-4-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>the responsibilities of the senior management of regulated persons in relation to compliance with obligations, prohibitions and restrictions imposed by the interchange fee regulation read together with regulations 22 and 23, or imposed under this Part;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-3-4-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>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 regulated persons;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-3-4-g">
<num>g</num>
<content>
<p>the desirability in appropriate cases of the Payment Systems Regulator publishing information relating to regulated persons, or requiring such persons to publish information;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-3-4-h">
<num>h</num>
<content>
<p>the principle that the Payment Systems Regulator should exercise its functions as transparently as possible.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-3-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>The functions are—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-3-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
the function of giving general directions under regulation 4 (considered as a whole),
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...
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-3-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>functions in relation to giving general guidance under regulation 13 (considered as a whole);</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-3-5-c">
<num>
<ins class="key-0cea89bb770c075d3decdfcdb77b2392-1547042337139 first">
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c
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-0cea89bb770c075d3decdfcdb77b2392-1547042337139">the function of making technical standards under section 97A of the 2013 Act; and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-3-5-d">
<num>
<ins class="key-0cea89bb770c075d3decdfcdb77b2392-1547042337139">d</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-0cea89bb770c075d3decdfcdb77b2392-1547042337139">the function of making </ins>
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<ins class="key-0cea89bb770c075d3decdfcdb77b2392-1547042337139">EU</ins>
</abbr>
<ins class="key-0cea89bb770c075d3decdfcdb77b2392-1547042337139"> Exit instruments under the Financial Regulators’ Powers (Technical Standards) (Amendment </ins>
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<ins class="key-0cea89bb770c075d3decdfcdb77b2392-1547042337139">etc.</ins>
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<ins class="key-0cea89bb770c075d3decdfcdb77b2392-1547042337139">) (</ins>
<abbr class="Acronym" title="European Union">
<ins class="key-0cea89bb770c075d3decdfcdb77b2392-1547042337139">EU</ins>
</abbr>
<ins class="key-0cea89bb770c075d3decdfcdb77b2392-1547042337139 last"> Exit) Regulations 2018.</ins>
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</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
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<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-4" period="#period3">
<num>4</num>
<heading>Directions</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-4-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The Payment Systems Regulator may give a direction in writing to any regulated person.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-4-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>A direction may be given for the purpose of—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-4-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<intro>
<p>obtaining information about—</p>
</intro>
<clause eId="regulation-4-2-a-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>compliance with an obligation, prohibition or restriction imposed by the interchange fee regulation read together with regulations 22 and 23, or</p>
</content>
</clause>
<clause eId="regulation-4-2-a-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>the application of any such obligation, prohibition or restriction to a person;</p>
</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-4-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>remedying a failure to comply with an obligation, prohibition or restriction imposed by the interchange fee regulation read together with regulations 22 and 23;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-4-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>preventing a failure to comply, or continued non-compliance, with such an obligation, prohibition or restriction;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-4-2-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>providing redress or compensation to a person who has suffered a loss as a result of a failure to comply with such an obligation, prohibition or restriction.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-4-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>A direction may require or prohibit the taking of specified action.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-4-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>A direction given for the purpose mentioned at paragraph (2)(b) or (c) may, in particular, require or prohibit the taking of specified action in relation to the rules, practices, standards or implementation guidelines of a payment card scheme, or the terms of agreements between regulated persons.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-4-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>A direction may apply—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-4-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>in relation to all regulated persons or in relation to every regulated person of a specified description; or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-4-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>in relation to a specified regulated person or specified regulated persons.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-4-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>
A direction that applies as mentioned in paragraph (5)(a) is referred to in this Part as a “
<term refersTo="#term-general-direction">general direction</term>
”.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-4-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>The Payment Systems Regulator must publish any general direction.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-5" period="#period1">
<num>5</num>
<heading>Publication of compliance failures etc</heading>
<intro>
<p>The Payment Systems Regulator may publish details of—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a compliance failure by a regulated person; or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a penalty imposed under regulation 6.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-6" period="#period1">
<num>6</num>
<heading>Penalties</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-6-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The Payment Systems Regulator may require a regulated person to pay a penalty in respect of a compliance failure.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-6-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>A penalty—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>must be paid to the Payment Systems Regulator; and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>may be enforced by the Payment Systems Regulator as a debt.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-6-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>The Payment Systems Regulator must prepare a statement of the principles which it will apply in determining—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>whether to impose a penalty, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the amount of a penalty.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-6-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>The Payment Systems Regulator must—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>publish the statement on its website,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>send a copy to the Treasury,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-4-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>review the statement from time to time and revise it if necessary (and paragraphs (a) and (b) apply to a revision), and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-4-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>in applying the statement to a compliance failure, apply the version in force when the compliance failure occurred.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-7" period="#period1">
<num>7</num>
<heading>Warning notices</heading>
<intro>
<p>Before publishing details of a compliance failure by a regulated person under regulation 5(a) or imposing a penalty on a regulated person under regulation 6, the Payment Systems Regulator must—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-7-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>give the person a notice in writing,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-7-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>give the person at least 21 days to make representations,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-7-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>consider any representations made, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-7-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>as soon as is reasonably practicable, give the person a notice in writing stating whether or not it intends to publish the details or impose the penalty.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-8" period="#period1">
<num>8</num>
<heading>Injunctions</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-8-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>If, on the application of the Payment Systems Regulator, the court is satisfied—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-8-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>that there is a reasonable likelihood that there will be a compliance failure, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-8-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>that there has been a compliance failure and there is a reasonable likelihood that it will continue or be repeated,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>the court may make an order restraining the conduct constituting the failure.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-8-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>If, on the application of the Payment Systems Regulator, the court is satisfied—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-8-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>that there has been a compliance failure by a regulated person, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-8-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>that there are steps which could be taken for remedying the failure,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>the court may make an order requiring the regulated person, and anyone else who appears to have been knowingly concerned in the failure, to take such steps as the court may direct to remedy it.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-8-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>If, on the application of the Payment Systems Regulator, the court is satisfied—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-8-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>that there may have been a compliance failure by a regulated person, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-8-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>that another person may have been knowingly concerned in a compliance failure,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>the court may make an order restraining the regulated person or other person (as the case may be) from dealing with any assets which it is satisfied the person is reasonably likely to deal with.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-8-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>The jurisdiction conferred by this regulation is exercisable—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-8-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, by the High Court, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-8-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>in Scotland, by the Court of Session.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-8-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>In this regulation—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-8-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>references to an order restraining anything are, in Scotland, to be read as references to an interdict prohibiting that thing,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-8-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>references to remedying a failure include mitigating its effect, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-8-5-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>references to dealing with assets include disposing of them.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-9" period="#period3">
<num>9</num>
<heading>Appeals: general</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-9-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>A person who is affected by—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-9-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a decision to give a direction under regulation 4 other than a general direction, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-9-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a decision to publish details under regulation 5(a),</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>may appeal against the decision to the Competition Appeal Tribunal in accordance with regulation 10.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-9-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>A person who is affected by a decision to impose a penalty under regulation 6 may appeal against the decision to the Competition Appeal Tribunal in accordance with regulation 11.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-10" period="#period3">
<num>10</num>
<heading>Appeals against directions and publication of compliance failures</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-10-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
This regulation applies where a person is appealing to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“
<term refersTo="#term-the-tribunal">the Tribunal</term>
”) against a decision to give a direction under regulation 4 or to publish details under regulation 5(a).
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-10-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The means of making an appeal is by sending the Tribunal a notice of appeal in accordance with Tribunal rules.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-10-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>The notice of appeal must be sent within the period specified, in relation to the decision appealed against, in those rules.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-10-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>In determining an appeal made in accordance with this regulation, the Tribunal must apply the same principles as would be applied by a court on an application for judicial review.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-10-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>The Tribunal must either—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-10-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>dismiss the appeal, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-10-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>quash the whole or part of the decision to which the appeal relates.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-10-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>If the Tribunal quashes the whole or part of a decision, it may refer the matter back to the Payment Systems Regulator with a direction to reconsider and make a new decision in accordance with its ruling.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-10-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>The Tribunal may not direct the Payment Systems Regulator to take any action which it would not otherwise have the power to take in relation to the decision.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-10-8">
<num>8</num>
<content>
<p>
In this regulation and regulation 11 “
<term refersTo="#term-tribunal-rules">Tribunal rules</term>
” means rules under section 15 of the Enterprise Act 2002
<noteRef href="#c22693521" marker="M5" class="commentary M"/>
.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-11" period="#period1">
<num>11</num>
<heading>Appeals in relation to penalties</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-11-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
This regulation applies where a person is appealing to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“
<term refersTo="#term-the-tribunal">the Tribunal</term>
”) against a decision to impose a penalty under regulation 6.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-11-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The person may appeal against—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-11-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the imposition of the penalty,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-11-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the amount of the penalty, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-11-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>any date by which the penalty, or any part of it, is required to be paid.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-11-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>The means of making an appeal is by sending the Tribunal a notice of appeal in accordance with Tribunal rules.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-11-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>The notice of appeal must be sent within the period specified, in relation to the decision appealed against, in those rules.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-11-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>The Tribunal may do any of the following—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-11-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>uphold the penalty;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-11-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>set aside the penalty;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-11-5-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>substitute for the penalty a penalty of an amount decided by the Tribunal;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-11-5-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>vary any date by which the penalty, or any part of it, is required to be paid.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-11-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>If an appeal is made in accordance with this regulation, the penalty is not required to be paid until the appeal has been determined.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-11-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>Paragraphs (2), (5) and (6) do not restrict the power to make Tribunal rules; and those paragraphs are subject to Tribunal rules.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-11-8">
<num>8</num>
<content>
<p>Except as provided by this regulation, the validity of the penalty may not be questioned by any legal proceedings whatever.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-11-9">
<num>9</num>
<content>
<p>In the case of an appeal made in accordance with this regulation, a decision of the Tribunal has the same effect as, and may be enforced in the same manner as, a decision of the Payment Systems Regulator.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-12" period="#period3">
<num>12</num>
<heading>Payees' complaints and dispute resolution</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-12-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>This regulation applies where a payee makes an application to the Payment Systems Regulator seeking resolution of a dispute between the payee and the payee's payment service provider arising under the interchange fee regulation read together with regulations 22 and 23.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-12-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>If the payee's complaint appears to the Payment Systems Regulator to be justified, the Payment Systems Regulator—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-12-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>must consider whether to exercise its powers under these Regulations in relation to any suspected compliance failure by the payment service provider; and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-12-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>may take any other steps it considers appropriate for the purpose of seeking resolution of the dispute.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-13" period="#period1">
<num>13</num>
<heading>Guidance</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-13-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The Payment Systems Regulator may give guidance consisting of such information and advice as it considers appropriate—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-13-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>with respect to the operation of specified provisions of the interchange fee regulation and these Regulations;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-13-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>with respect to any other matter relating to its functions under the interchange fee regulation and these Regulations;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-13-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>with respect to any other matters about which it appears to the Payment Systems Regulator to be desirable to give information or advice.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-13-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>Guidance given by the Payment Systems Regulator under this regulation—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-13-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>may be given to persons generally or to a class of persons;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-13-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>may be intended to have continuing effect, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-13-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>may be given in writing or other legible form.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-13-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>
Guidance which is given as described in paragraph (2)(a), (b) and (c) is referred to in this Part as “
<term refersTo="#term-general-guidance">general guidance</term>
”.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-13-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>The Payment Systems Regulator may give financial or other assistance to persons giving information or advice of a kind which the Payment Systems Regulator could give under this regulation.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-13-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>The Payment Systems Regulator may—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-13-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>publish its guidance,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-13-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>offer copies of its published guidance for sale at a reasonable price, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-13-5-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>if it gives guidance in response to a request made by any person, make a reasonable charge for that guidance.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-14" period="#period4">
<num>14</num>
<heading>Information and investigation</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-14-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>Sections 81 to 93 of the 2013 Act (information and investigation powers and disclosure of information) apply for the purposes of the Payment Systems Regulator's functions under the interchange fee regulation and these Regulations as if—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-14-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>references to Part 5 of the 2013 Act were references to the interchange fee regulation and these Regulations;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-14-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>references to a participant in a regulated payment system were references to a regulated person and references to participation in a payment system were references to compliance with the interchange fee regulation read together with regulations 22 and 23;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-14-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>references to a compliance failure were references to a compliance failure as defined in regulation 2(1);</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-14-1-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>in section 81 (power to obtain information or documents), subsection (1)(a) were omitted;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-14-1-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>in section 83 (appointment of persons to conduct investigations), subsection (1) were omitted;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-14-1-f">
<num>f</num>
<intro>
<p>in section 90 (enforcement of information and investigation powers)—</p>
</intro>
<clause eId="regulation-14-1-f-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>
in subsection (7)(a)(i) for “12 months (or 6 months, if the offence was committed before the commencement of section
<ins class="substitution key-623c9f9a732346d557067e5aa7ede0f7-1667829729505 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-623c9f9a732346d557067e5aa7ede0f7" marker="F4" class="commentary attribute F"/>
paragraph 24(2) of Schedule 22 to the Sentencing Act 2020
</ins>
)” there were substituted
<mod>
<quotedText>“ 3 months ”</quotedText>
</mod>
;
</p>
</content>
</clause>
<clause eId="regulation-14-1-f-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>
in subsection (7)(a)(iii) for “6 months” there were substituted
<mod>
<quotedText>“ 3 months ”</quotedText>
</mod>
; and
</p>
</content>
</clause>
<clause eId="regulation-14-1-f-iii">
<num>iii</num>
<content>
<p>
in subsection (8)(a) for “51 weeks (or 3 months, if the offence was committed before the commencement of section 280(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003)” there were substituted
<mod>
<quotedText>“ 3 months ”</quotedText>
</mod>
;
</p>
</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-14-1-g">
<num>g</num>
<content>
<p>in section 91 (restrictions on disclosure of confidential information), subsection (6) were omitted; and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-14-1-h">
<num>h</num>
<content>
<p>
in section 93 (offences relating to disclosure of confidential information), in subsection (4)(a) for “51 weeks (or 3 months, if the offence was committed before the commencement of section 280(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003)” there were substituted
<mod>
<quotedText>“ 3 months ”</quotedText>
</mod>
.
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-14-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>
The Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2014
<noteRef href="#c22693531" marker="M6" class="commentary M"/>
(“
<term refersTo="#term-the-2014-regulations">the 2014 Regulations</term>
”) apply for the purposes of the Payment Systems Regulator's functions under the interchange fee regulation and these Regulations as if—
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-14-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the reference in regulation 5(3)(a) of the 2014 Regulations (disclosure for the purposes of certain other proceedings) to Part 5 of the 2013 Act were a reference to the interchange fee regulation and these Regulations; and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-14-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the following entry were included in the table in the Schedule to the 2014 Regulations (persons and functions in respect of which disclosure is permitted)—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown schedule default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<tblock class="tabular">
<table style="table-layout:fixed">
<tr>
<td style="width:50%">
<p>A general enforcer as defined in section 213(1) of the Enterprise Act 2002</p>
</td>
<td style="width:50%">
<p>Its functions under Part 8 of the Enterprise Act 2002 in so far as they relate to Article 10(4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions, and under regulation 20 of the Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</tblock>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-15" period="#period3">
<num>15</num>
<heading>Application of other provisions of the 2013 Act</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-15-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>For the purposes of these Regulations section 40(3) and (4) of the 2013 Act (Financial Conduct Authority to ensure capability of Payment Systems Regulator) applies as if the reference in section 40(3) of that Act to the functions conferred on the Payment Systems Regulator by or under Part 5 of that Act were a reference to the functions of the Payment Systems Regulator under the interchange fee regulation and these Regulations.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-15-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of these Regulations section 104 of the 2013 Act (consultation in relation to generally applicable requirements) applies as if—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-15-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<intro>
<p>in subsection (1)—</p>
</intro>
<clause eId="regulation-15-2-a-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>the reference in paragraph (a) to a general direction under section 54 of that Act were a reference to a general direction under regulation 4;</p>
</content>
</clause>
<clause eId="regulation-15-2-a-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>paragraph (b) were omitted;</p>
</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-15-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>in subsection (3)(c), the reference to the Payment Systems Regulator's duties under section 49 were a reference to the Payment Systems Regulator's duties under regulation 3(2) and (4) (duties to maintain arrangements for supervision and compliance and to have regard to regulatory principles); and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-15-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>in subsection (10), the reference to regulated payment systems were a reference to regulated persons.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-15-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of these Regulations paragraphs 5, 7 and 9 to 14 of Schedule 4 to the 2013 Act (the Payment Systems Regulator) apply as if—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-15-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>references to the functions of the Payment Systems Regulator by or under Part 5 of the 2013 Act were references to the functions of the Payment Systems Regulator under the interchange fee regulation and these Regulations;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-15-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<intro>
<p>in paragraph 5 of that Schedule (arrangements for discharging functions)—</p>
</intro>
<clause eId="regulation-15-3-b-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>in sub-paragraph (3), the reference to general directions under section 54 of the 2013 Act were a reference to general directions under regulation 4;</p>
</content>
</clause>
<clause eId="regulation-15-3-b-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>sub-paragraph (3)(b) were omitted;</p>
</content>
</clause>
<clause eId="regulation-15-3-b-iii">
<num>iii</num>
<content>
<p>in sub-paragraph (4), the reference to general guidance were a reference to general guidance under regulation 13;</p>
</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-15-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>in paragraph 7 of that Schedule (annual report), sub-paragraph (2)(b) were omitted;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-15-3-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>in paragraph 9 (funding) of that Schedule, in sub-paragraph (1) the reference to participants in regulated payment systems were a reference to regulated persons;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-15-3-e">
<num>e</num>
<intro>
<p>in paragraph 10 of that Schedule (penalty receipts)—</p>
</intro>
<clause eId="regulation-15-3-e-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>references to penalties imposed under section 73 of the 2013 Act were references to penalties imposed under regulation 6;</p>
</content>
</clause>
<clause eId="regulation-15-3-e-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<intro>
<p>in sub-paragraph (4)—</p>
</intro>
<subclause eId="regulation-15-3-e-ii-aa">
<num>aa</num>
<content>
<p>in paragraph (a) the reference to the Payment Systems Regulator's powers under sections 72 to 75 of the 2013 Act were a reference to the Payment Systems Regulator's powers under regulations 5 to 8;</p>
</content>
</subclause>
<subclause eId="regulation-15-3-e-ii-bb">
<num>bb</num>
<content>
<p>paragraph (b) were omitted;</p>
</content>
</subclause>
<subclause eId="regulation-15-3-e-ii-cc">
<num>cc</num>
<content>
<p>in paragraphs (c) and (d) the reference to relevant offences were to offences under Part 5 of the 2013 Act as applied by regulation 14; and</p>
</content>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause eId="regulation-15-3-e-iii">
<num>iii</num>
<content>
<p>sub-paragraph (5) were omitted; and</p>
</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-15-3-f">
<num>f</num>
<intro>
<p>in paragraph 11 of that Schedule (penalty receipts)—</p>
</intro>
<clause eId="regulation-15-3-f-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>in sub-paragraph (1), the reference to penalties imposed under section 73 of the 2013 Act were a reference to penalties imposed under regulation 6; and</p>
</content>
</clause>
<clause eId="regulation-15-3-f-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), the references to participants in regulated payment systems were references to regulated persons.</p>
</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
</part>
<part eId="part-3" period="#period5">
<num>
<strong>PART 3</strong>
</num>
<heading>The Financial Conduct Authority</heading>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-16" period="#period5">
<num>
<noteRef href="#key-175a9435b699db125eaeb2f386b0fcac" marker="F9" class="commentary F"/>
16
</num>
<heading>Designation as a competent authority</heading>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-17" period="#period1">
<num>17</num>
<heading>Amendment of the Payment Services Regulations 2009</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-17-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
The Payment Services Regulations 2009
<noteRef href="#c22693541" marker="M7" class="commentary M"/>
are amended as follows.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-17-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>After regulation 80 (functions of the Authority) insert—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="secondary regulation main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="d4e1429">
<num>80A</num>
<heading>Application of this Part to requirements of the Interchange Fee Regulation</heading>
<paragraph eId="d4e1433">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of this Part with the exception of regulation 92A and Schedule 4A—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="d4e1439">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the requirements imposed on payment services providers by Articles 8(2), 9(2) and 12 of the interchange fee regulation are to be treated as if they were included in Part 5 of these Regulations, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="d4e1445">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the requirements imposed on payment services providers by Articles 8(5) and (6), 9(1), 10(1) and (5) and 11 of the interchange fee regulation are to be treated as if they were included in Part 6 of these Regulations.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d4e1451">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>
In paragraph (1) “
<term refersTo="#term-the-interchange-fee-regulation">the interchange fee regulation</term>
” means Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-17-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>In paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 (application and modification of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2001)—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-17-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>for sub-paragraph (a)(i) substitute—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown unknown default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<clause eId="d4e1475">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>
in the definition of “EEA competent authority” after “single market directives” insert
<mod>
<quotedText>“ , the payment services directive, Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions ”</quotedText>
</mod>
;
</p>
</content>
</clause>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-17-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>after sub-paragraph (a)(iii) insert—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown unknown default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<clause eId="d4e1491">
<num>iv</num>
<content>
<p>in the definition of “single market restrictions” after paragraph (m) insert—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown unknown default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<subparagraph eId="d4e1498">
<num>n</num>
<content>
<p>article 22 of the payment services directive;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">;</inline>
</p>
</content>
</clause>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">;</inline>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-17-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>for sub-paragraph (e)(i) substitute—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown unknown default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<clause eId="d4e1515">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>
in paragraph (1) after “paragraphs” insert
<mod>
<quotedText>“ (1B) ”</quotedText>
</mod>
;
</p>
</content>
</clause>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">;</inline>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-17-3-d">
<num>d</num>
<intro>
<p>in sub-paragraph (e)(ii)—</p>
</intro>
<clause eId="regulation-17-3-d-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>
for “(3B)” substitute
<mod>
<quotedText>“ (1A) ”</quotedText>
</mod>
;
</p>
</content>
</clause>
<clause eId="regulation-17-3-d-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>renumber the inserted paragraph (4) as paragraph (1B); and</p>
</content>
</clause>
<clause eId="regulation-17-3-d-iii">
<num>iii</num>
<content>
<p>
in that inserted paragraph, for “Part 5” substitute
<mod>
<quotedText>“ Part 4A ”</quotedText>
</mod>
; and
</p>
</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-17-3-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>in sub-paragraph (h), renumber the inserted Part 5 as Part 4A.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
</part>
<part eId="part-4" period="#period1">
<num>
<strong>PART 4</strong>
</num>
<heading>General enforcers under Part 8 of the Enterprise Act 2002</heading>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-18" period="#period1">
<num>18</num>
<heading>Amendment of the Enterprise Act 2002</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-18-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
The Enterprise Act 2002
<noteRef href="#c22693551" marker="M8" class="commentary M"/>
is amended as follows.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-18-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>
In Part 2 of Schedule 13 (listed Directives and Regulations)
<noteRef href="#c22693561" marker="M9" class="commentary M"/>
, after paragraph 14 insert—
</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown schedule default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<paragraph eId="d4e1594">
<num>15</num>
<heading/>
<content>
<p>Article 10(4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-18-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>
In Schedule 15 (enactments conferring functions)
<noteRef href="#c22693571" marker="M10" class="commentary M"/>
at the end insert—
</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown schedule default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<p>The Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015.</p>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
</part>
<part eId="part-5" period="#period5">
<num>
<strong>PART 5</strong>
</num>
<heading>Co-operation between regulators</heading>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-19" period="#period1">
<num>19</num>
<heading>Amendment of the 2013 Act</heading>
<intro>
<p>In section 98 of the 2013 Act (duty of regulators to ensure co-ordinated exercise of functions)—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-19-a">
<num>a</num>
<intro>
<p>in subsection (5)—</p>
</intro>
<clause eId="regulation-19-a-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>
in paragraph (a), after “this Part” insert
<mod>
<quotedText>“ or Part 2 of the Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015 ”</quotedText>
</mod>
;
</p>
</content>
</clause>
<clause eId="regulation-19-a-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>
in paragraph (c), after “(see section 1A(6) of that Act)” insert
<mod>
<quotedText>“ or Part 3 of the Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015 ”</quotedText>
</mod>
;
</p>
</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-19-b">
<num>b</num>
<intro>
<p>in subsection (6)—</p>
</intro>
<clause eId="regulation-19-b-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>
in paragraph (a), after “payment systems objectives” insert
<mod>
<quotedText>“ and ensuring compliance with the interchange fee regulation (see Part 2 of the Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015) ”</quotedText>
</mod>
;
</p>
</content>
</clause>
<clause eId="regulation-19-b-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>
in paragraph (c), after “FSMA 2000” insert
<mod>
<quotedText>“ and ensuring compliance with Articles 8(2), (5) and (6), 9, 10(1) and (5), 11 and 12 of the interchange fee regulation (see Part 3 of the Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015) ”</quotedText>
</mod>
;
</p>
</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-19-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>after subsection (6) insert—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<subsection eId="d4e1686">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>
In subsection (6) “
<term refersTo="#term-the-interchange-fee-regulation">the interchange fee regulation</term>
” means Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-20" period="#period1">
<num>20</num>
<heading>Co-operation between the Payment Systems Regulator and general enforcers</heading>
<content>
<p>
The Payment Systems Regulator and general enforcers, as defined in section 213(1) of the Enterprise Act 2002
<noteRef href="#c22693581" marker="M11" class="commentary M"/>
, must take such steps as they consider appropriate to co-operate with each other for the purposes of the exercise of their functions in relation to Article 10(4) of the interchange fee regulation.
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-21" period="#period5">
<num>
<noteRef href="#key-db0ec9ed3241c0f1d146b0b586d2bf21" marker="F10" class="commentary F"/>
21
</num>
<heading>Co-operation with competent authorities in other Member States</heading>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
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<strong>PART 6</strong>
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<heading>Transitional relief from requirements of the interchange fee regulation</heading>
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22
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<heading>Exemption from maximum interchange fees for certain three party payment card schemes</heading>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
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<num>23</num>
<heading>
Weighted average interchange fees for
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debit card transactions
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<intro>
<p>Until 9th December 2020—</p>
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<num>a</num>
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<p>
payment service providers need not comply with Article 3(1) (maximum interchange fees for consumer debit card transactions) of the interchange fee regulation in relation to
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debit card transactions;
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<num>b</num>
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<p>
payment service providers that do not comply with Article 3(1) of the interchange fee regulation in relation to
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debit card transactions must apply to such transactions within each payment card scheme a weighted average interchange fee of no more than the equivalent of 0.2% of the annual average transaction value of all
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debit card transactions within that scheme.
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<part eId="part-7" period="#period5">
<num>
<strong>PART 7</strong>
</num>
<heading>Review</heading>
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<num>24</num>
<heading>Review</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-24-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The Treasury must from time to time—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-24-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>carry out a review of these Regulations,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-24-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>set out the conclusions of the review in a report, and</p>
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</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-24-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>publish the report.</p>
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<num>
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2
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<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
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</paragraph>
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<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>The report must in particular—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-24-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations,</p>
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<subparagraph eId="regulation-24-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved, and</p>
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<subparagraph eId="regulation-24-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-24-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-24-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
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</part>
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<content>
<block name="signature">
<signature>
<person refersTo="#ref-d4e1850">David Evennett</person>
<person refersTo="#ref-d4e1852">George Hollingbery</person>
<role refersTo="#ref-d4e1854"> Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury</role>
<date date="2015-11-16"/>
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<authorialNote>
<p>
<em>(This note is not part of the Regulations)</em>
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<p>
These Regulations comply with the obligations to designate competent authorities, lay down rules on penalties and take measures for the settlement of disputes under Articles 13 to 15 of Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions (OJ L 123, 19.5.2013, p.1.) (“
<term refersTo="#term-the-interchange-fee-regulation">the interchange fee regulation</term>
”). They also exercise in the United Kingdom the options under Articles 1(5) and 3(3) of the interchange fee regulation to grant relief from some requirements of the interchange fee regulation for a limited time.
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<p>Part 2 designates the Payment Systems Regulator as a competent authority in the United Kingdom for the interchange fee regulation and sets out the duties and powers of the Payment Systems Regulator in that role. The regulatory regime set out in Part 2 is closely aligned to the existing regime overseen by the Payment Systems Regulator under Part 5 of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33).</p>
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<p>Part 3 designates the Financial Conduct Authority as a competent authority in the United Kingdom for certain provisions of the interchange fee regulation, and amends the Payment Services Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/209) so that the relevant requirements of the interchange fee regulation are treated as being requirements imposed by those Regulations. The Financial Conduct Authority may act under the Payment Services Regulations 2009 to supervise and enforce compliance with those requirements by firms regulated under those Regulations.</p>
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<p>Part 4 adds Article 10(4) of the interchange fee regulation (which requires payees to inform consumers if they do not accept all cards issued under a payment card scheme) to Schedule 13 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40) so that the Competition and Markets Authority, local weights and measures authorities in Great Britain and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland may enforce a contravention of Article 10(4) which harms the collective interests of consumers under Part 8 of the Enterprise Act 2002.</p>
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<p>Part 5 amends provisions in the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013, which require co-operation between the Payment Systems Regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Bank of England and the Prudential Regulation Authority, such that those co-operation requirements include the functions of the Payment Systems Regulator and Financial Conduct Authority in relation to the interchange fee regulation. Part 5 also requires co-operation between the Payment Systems Regulator and the Competition and Markets Authority, local weights and measures authorities in Great Britain and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland.</p>
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<p>Part 6 exercises the option in Article 1(5) of the interchange fee regulation, exempting from the interchange fee cap until 9th December 2018 domestic transactions under any three party payment card scheme which is considered to be a four party payment card scheme pursuant to Article 1(5) of the interchange fee regulation, and which does not exceed the market share set out in Article 1(5). Part 6 also exercises the option in Article 3(3) of the interchange fee regulation, allowing payment service providers to apply the interchange fee cap on a weighted average basis for domestic debit card transactions, until 9th December 2020.</p>
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<p>Part 7 provides for the Treasury to review the Regulations at intervals not exceeding five years. In addition, Article 17 of the interchange fee regulation requires the European Commission to review the application of the interchange fee regulation by 9th June 2019.</p>
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<p>A full Impact Assessment of the effect that these Regulations will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from Her Majesty's Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ or on HM Treasury's website (www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury) and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside these Regulations on the legislation.gov.uk website.</p>
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