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3.—(1) This regulation and regulation 4 apply where—
(a)a small or medium sized business has made a finance application to a designated bank; and
(b)the application has been unsuccessful.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the bank must provide all specified information that it holds in relation to the application to all designated finance platforms.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply where—
(a)the value of the finance facility applied for is less than £1,000;
(b)the facility applied for is sought for a period of less than 30 days;
(c)the bank is aware that the business is subject to a statutory demand for payment, enforcement proceedings or other legal proceedings in relation to payment obligations arising under an existing finance facility; or
(d)the bank is aware that the business is subject to a formal demand.
(4) Paragraph (2) applies only if the business to which the information relates has agreed to the information being provided.
4.—(1) The designated bank must—
(a)ask the small or medium sized business whether it agrees to information being provided under regulation 3(2); and
(b)if the business does agree to such information being provided, ask the business to provide any of the specified information which the bank does not hold.
(2) A request under paragraph (1) must be made—
(a)in the circumstances described in regulation 2(3)(a), at the time the bank first informs the business (whether in writing or otherwise) that its finance application has been unsuccessful; or
(b)in the circumstances described in regulation 2(3)(b), before the end of the working day following the day on which the business informs the bank that it rejects an offer made by the bank.
(3) If the business does not agree to such information being provided, the bank must send to the business the generic platforms information by the end of a period of five working days starting on the day on which the bank makes the request under paragraph (1).
5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the designated bank must provide information under regulation 3(2) before the end of the working day after the day on which the bank receives confirmation from the business to which the information relates of agreement to such information being provided.
(2) Where a bank holds incomplete specified information, a bank need not provide any information under regulation 3(2) until the end of the working day after the day on which the bank first holds complete information.
6.—(1) A designated finance platform must provide a finance provider with access to information that it has received from designated banks by virtue of regulation 3(2) if—
(a)the finance provider has requested that the platform provide such access;
(b)the finance provider has agreed to the terms on which the platform provides access to such information, including the payment of any fees; and
(c)the finance provider meets any conditions which are required by those terms to be met for access to be provided.
(2) The platform must ensure that information to which access is provided under paragraph (1)—
(a)subject to sub-paragraph (b), includes all information held by the platform five working days before the day on which the finance provider accesses such information;
(b)is in such a form that no individual business, and no person associated with the business, can be identified.
(3) The platform must provide a finance provider with the information that it holds in relation to a particular finance application including information that identifies the particular business that has made the application and any person associated with the business if—
(a)the finance provider has access to information by virtue of paragraph (1) and has requested such identifying information about that application; and
(b)the business that has made the application has agreed to such identifying information being provided to that finance provider.
(4) The platform must request the agreement of the business for the purposes of paragraph (3)(b) before the end of the working day following the day on which the platform receives a request for such identifying information from the finance provider.
(5) The platform must provide the information required by paragraph (3) by the end of the working day following the day on which the platform receives confirmation from the business of its agreement to such information being provided to the finance provider.
(6) If a finance provider has breached the terms referred to in paragraph (1)(b) the platform need not comply with paragraphs (1), (3) or (4).
(7) The platform must not charge any fee to a small or medium sized business in relation to the provision of information about a finance application made by that business, as required by these Regulations.
7.—(1) A designated finance platform must maintain access to information in relation to a finance application provided under regulation 6(1) until the earlier of—
(a)the end of a period of 30 days starting on the date by which such information states that the business to which the information relates requires finance or, if such date is not known, the date by which the business has requested finance; or
(b)the time at which the business to which the information relates informs the platform that—
(i)the business does not wish for any finance provider to further access such information; or
(ii)the business no longer requires finance, including where the reason for this is that finance has been provided to the business.
(2) The platform must not provide such access after either—
(a)the end of the period described in paragraph (1)(a); or
(b)the end of the first working day following the platform being informed that either of the circumstances described in paragraph (1)(b) applies.
8.—(1) A designated finance platform must provide to the Treasury on request statistical information relating to information received and provided under these Regulations.
(2) Information provided under paragraph (1) must be in such form that no individual business, and no person associated with the business, can be identified.
(3) The platform must retain information received and provided under these Regulations for a period of five years for the purposes of complying with paragraph (1), but such information may be retained in such form that no individual business and no person associated with such a business, can be identified.
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