PART 1INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

Exemption for certain bodies3

1

Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 4(1)(d), these Regulations do not apply to the following persons—

a

credit unions;

b

municipal banks; and

c

the National Savings Bank.

2

Where municipal banks provide or propose to provide payment services they must give notice to the Authority.

3

In this regulation—

  • credit union” means a credit union within the meaning of—

    1. a

      the Credit Unions Act 197916;

    2. b

      the Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 198517;

  • municipal bank” means a company which, immediately before 1st December 2001, fell within the definition in section 103 of the Banking Act 198718.