The Consumer Credit (Exempt Advertisements) Order 1985

2.  Part IV of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (which relates to seeking credit or hire business) shall not apply to advertisements of the following descriptions, that is to say—

(a) advertisements in so far as they relate to consumer credit agreements to which any of sub-paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) of Article 3(1) of the Consumer Credit (Exempt Agreements) Order 1985 (which provides that the Consumer Credit Act 1974 shall not regulate consumer credit agreements where the number of payments to be made by the debtor does not exceed a specified number) applies;

(b) advertisements in so far as they relate to consumer credit agreements to which sub-paragraph (b) of Article 4(1) of the said Order (which provides that the said Act shall not regulate consumer credit agreements where the rate of the total charge for credit does not exceed a specified rate) applies;

(c) advertisements in so far as they relate to consumer credit agreements to which Article 5 of the said Order (which provides that the said Act shall not regulate certain consumer credit agreements having a connection with a country outside the United Kingdom) applies;

(d) advertisements in so far as they relate to consumer hire agreements to which Article 6 of the said Order (which provides that the said Act shall not regulate certain consumer hire agreements made by certain public bodies) applies;

(e) advertisements in so far as they relate to agreements which would be consumer credit agreements if the credit provided thereunder were not to exceed £15,000, being advertisements which would otherwise fall within (a), (b) or (c) above; and

(f) advertisements in so far as they relate to agreements which would be consumer hire agreements if the payments thereunder were not required to exceed £15,000, being advertisements which would otherwise fall within (d) above.