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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Actions for breach of requirements

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Point in time view as at 13/01/2018.

Changes to legislation:

The Electronic Money Regulations 2011, Cross Heading: Actions for breach of requirements is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 22 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

Actions for breach of requirementsU.K.

Right to bring actionsU.K.

72.—(1) A contravention—

(a)which is to be taken to have occurred by virtue of regulation 18;

(b)of a requirement imposed by regulation 20, 21, 22 or 24; or

(c)of a requirement imposed by or under Part 5,

is actionable at the suit of a private person who suffers loss as a result of the contravention, subject to the defences and other incidents applying to actions for breach of statutory duty.

(2) A person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity may bring an action under paragraph (1) on behalf of a private person if any remedy—

(a)will be exclusively for the benefit of the private person; and

(b)cannot be obtained by way of an action brought otherwise than at the suit of the fiduciary or representative.

(3) In this regulation “private person” means—

(a)any individual, except where the individual suffers the loss in question in the course of issuing electronic money or providing payment services; and

(b)any person who is not an individual, except where that person suffers the loss in question in the course of carrying on business of any kind,

but does not include a government, a local authority (in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) or an international organisation.

Prohibition on contracting-outU.K.

73.  A term contained in an agreement between an electronic money issuer and an electronic money holder or a payment service user is void if, and to the extent that, it is inconsistent with a provision for the protection of an electronic money holder or a payment service user contained in these Regulations or the Payment Services Regulations [F12017].

Textual Amendments

F1Word in reg. 73 substituted (13.8.2017 for specified purposes, 13.10.2017 for specified purposes, 13.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by The Payment Services Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/752), reg. 1(2)(c)(iii)(3)(f)(i)(6), Sch. 8 para. 5(27) (with reg. 3)

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