Content of notices of sums in arrears under fixed-sum credit agreements etc.

20.—(1) Where the creditor and the debtor have entered into an agreement to aggregate and an arrears notice is required to be given in relation to two or more of the agreements to which the agreement to aggregate relates—

(a)the information required under paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 need only be shown once where the information which would otherwise have to be included for the agreements to which the agreement to aggregate relates is the same for each agreement;

(b)where any of the forms of wording set out in paragraphs 4, 5 and 13 of that Schedule do not apply to all the agreements to which the agreement to aggregate relates the creditor shall identify for each such form of wording which does not so apply the regulated agreement or agreements to which it relates.

(2) Where the creditor and the debtor have entered into an agreement to aggregate and the notice is required to be given under section 86B(2)(a) of the 1974 Act, the reference to the amount which comprises the shortfall in Part 2 of Schedule 3 may be construed as a reference to the aggregated shortfall due under the agreements to which the agreement to aggregate relates.

(3) Subject to regulation 22, where the creditor and the debtor have entered into an agreement to aggregate and the notice is required to be given under section 86B(2)(b) of the 1974 Act—

(a)the reference to payments made in paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 may be construed as a reference to the aggregated payments which the debtor is permitted or required to make;

(b)the reference to interest or other charges in paragraph 9 of that Schedule may be construed as a reference to the aggregated interest or other charges which became due during the period to which the notice relates; and

(c)the reference to movements in paragraph 10 of that Schedule may be construed as a reference to the aggregated movements in all the accounts maintained by the creditor in relation to the agreements to which the agreement to aggregate relates.