18.—(1) A credit institution must not discriminate against consumers legally resident in the [F1United Kingdom by reason of their nationality or place of residence or by reason of sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation] when those consumers apply for or access a payment account.
(2) The conditions applicable to holding a payment account with basic features must not be discriminatory.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 18(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Payment Accounts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/661), regs. 1(3), 9 (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)