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113.—(1) Subject to regulation 111(2) above, the registration officer shall supply on request and on payment of a fee calculated in accordance with regulation 110 above a copy (or copies) of a relevant document to [F2a person who has permission under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to furnish persons with information relevant to the financial standing of other persons] and which is carrying on the business of providing credit reference services.
(2) For the purposes of regulation 111(3) above, the relevant restrictions apply except for the purposes set out in paragraph (3) below.
(3) Those purposes are:
(a)vetting applications for credit or applications that can result in the giving of credit or the giving of any guarantee, indemnity or insurance in relation to the giving of credit;
(b)meeting any obligations contained in [F3Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017] F4... or any regulations amending or replacing them, [F5or any rules made by the Financial Conduct Authority under section 137A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 which relate to the prevention and detection of money laundering in connection with the carrying on of regulated activities by authorised persons] (1);
(c)statistical analysis of credit risk assessment in a case where no person whose details are included in the full register is referred to by name or necessary implication.
(4) The registration officer may require a credit reference agency to provide such evidence that it is carrying on the business of providing credit reference services as he shall reasonably require.
(5) In this regulation–
“application for credit” includes an application to refinance or reschedule an existing credit agreement;
“credit” includes a cash loan and any other form of financial accommodation;
“credit reference services” means the furnishing of persons with information relevant to the financial standing of individuals, which is information collected by the person furnishing it for the purpose of so furnishing it.
[F6(6) Paragraph (1) must be read with—
(a)section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000,
(b)any relevant order under that section, and
(c)Schedule 2 to that Act.]]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 6 inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 2(3) of the amending S.I.) by Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1872), regs. 2(2), 14
F2Words in reg. 113(1) substituted (26.7.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1881), art. 1(2)(6), Sch. para. 23(a)
F3Words in reg. 113(3)(b) substituted (26.6.2017) by The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/692), reg. 1(2), Sch. 7 para. 16 (with regs. 8, 15)
F4Words in reg. 113(3)(b) omitted (1.3.2004) by virtue of The Money Laundering Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3075), reg. 1(2)(d), Sch. 2 para. 7(2)(ii)
F5Words in reg. 113(3)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 34(b)
F6Reg. 113(6) inserted (26.7.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1881), art. 1(2)(6), Sch. para. 23(b)
Section 4 was substituted by section 1(2) of the 2000 Act.
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