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Yn ddilys o 01/02/2011
(1)Before a regulated consumer credit agreement, other than an excluded agreement, is made, the creditor must—
(a)provide the debtor with an adequate explanation of the matters referred to in subsection (2) in order to place him in a position enabling him to assess whether the agreement is adapted to his needs and his financial situation,
(b)advise the debtor—
(i)to consider the information which is required to be disclosed under section 55(1), and
(ii)where this information is disclosed in person to the debtor, that the debtor is able to take it away,
(c)provide the debtor with an opportunity to ask questions about the agreement, and
(d)advise the debtor how to ask the creditor for further information and explanation.
(2)The matters referred to in subsection (1)(a) are—
(a)the features of the agreement which may make the credit to be provided under the agreement unsuitable for particular types of use,
(b)how much the debtor will have to pay periodically and, where the amount can be determined, in total under the agreement,
(c)the features of the agreement which may operate in a manner which would have a significant adverse effect on the debtor in a way which the debtor is unlikely to foresee,
(d)the principal consequences for the debtor arising from a failure to make payments under the agreement at the times required by the agreement including legal proceedings and, where this is a possibility, repossession of the debtor's home, and
(e)the effect of the exercise of any right to withdraw from the agreement and how and when this right may be exercised.
(3)The advice and explanation may be given orally or in writing except as provided in subsection (4).
(4)Where the explanation of the matters specified in paragraphs (a), (b) or (e) of subsection (2) is given orally or in person to a debtor, the explanation of the matters specified in paragraphs (c) and (d) of that subsection, and the advice required to be given by subsection (1)(b), must be given orally to him.
(5)Subsections (1) to (4) do not apply to a creditor if a credit intermediary (see section 160A) has complied with those subsections in respect of the agreement.
(6)For the purposes of this section an agreement is an excluded agreement if it is—
(a)an agreement under which the creditor provides the debtor with credit which exceeds £60, 260, or
(b)an agreement secured on land.
(7)Where the regulated consumer credit agreement is an agreement under which a person takes an article in pawn—
(a)the obligation in subsection (1)(a) only relates to the matters listed in paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (2), and
(b)the obligations in subsection (1)(b) and (d) do not apply.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 55A inserted (1.2.2011) by The Consumer Credit (EU Directive) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1010), regs. 3, 99(1) (with regs. 100, 101) (as amended by The Consumer Credit (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1969), reg. 6)
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