The Consumer Credit (Exempt Agreements) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 1987

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order further amends the Consumer Credit (Exempt Agreements) (No. 2) Order 1985 (“the principal Order”) insofar as it provides for the exemption of certain consumer credit agreements secured on land where the creditor is a body specified in the Schedule to the principal Order or a building society authorised under the Building Societies Act 1986. The Order

(a) provides for the exemption of certain agreements made by an authorised institution within the meaning of the Banking Act 1987, or a wholly-owned subsidiary of such an institution (Article 2(a)), consequent upon the coming into force of relevant provisions of the Banking Act 1987;

(b) amends the list of insurance companies in Part I of the Schedule to the principal Order by adding one name and amending another (Article 2(b));

(c) amends the list of friendly societies in Part I of the Schedule by adding one name (Article 2(c)); and

(d) amends the entries in Part II of the Schedule by omitting the names of six companies which are authorised institutions (Article 2(d)).