PART II SPECIFIED ACTIVITIES

F1Chapter 7BActivities in Relation to Debt

Exclusions

Activities where person has a connection to the agreement39H.

(1)

There are excluded from articles 39D(1), 39E(1) and 39F(1) activities carried on by a person who is—

(a)

the lender under the agreement,

(b)

the supplier in relation to that agreement,

(c)

a person carrying on an activity of the kind specified by article 36A by way of business and who has acquired the business of the person who was the supplier in relation to the agreement, or

(d)

a person who would be carrying on an activity of the kind specified by article 36A by way of business but for the exclusion in article 36B where the agreement was made in consequence of an introduction (by that person or another person) to which article 36B applies.

(2)

There are excluded from articles 39D(2), 39E(2) and 39F(2) activities carried on by a person who is—

(a)

the owner under the consumer hire agreement, or

(b)

a person who would be carrying on an activity of the kind specified by article 36A by way of business but for the exclusion in article 36B where the agreement was made in consequence of an introduction (by that person or another person) to which article 36B applies.

(3)

There is excluded from article 39G(1) steps taken under or in relation to an agreement F2on behalf of F2by a person who is, in relation to that agreement, a person falling within paragraph (1)(a) to (d).

(4)

There is excluded from article 39G(2) steps taken under or in relation to a consumer hire agreement F3on behalf of F3by a person who is, in relation to that agreement, a person falling within paragraph (2)(a) or (b).

(5)

In paragraph (1), “supplier”, in relation to an agreement, means—

(a)

a person, other than the lender, whose transaction with the borrower is, or is to be, financed by the agreement, or

(b)

a person to whom the rights and duties of a person falling within sub-paragraph (a) have been passed by assignment or operation of law.