(1)Subject to this section, a licence is required to carry on a consumer credit business or consumer hire business.
(2)A local authority does not need a licence to carry on a business.
(3)A body corporate empowered by a public general Act naming it to carry on a business does not need a licence to do so.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 21 restricted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3218, reg. 5(1)(c)
S. 21 excluded (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3275, reg. 5(1)(b)
S. 21 excluded (1.12.2001) by 2000 c. 8, ss. 31(1)(b), 37, Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 15(3); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)