There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Mortgage Credit Directive Order 2015, Section 31.
31.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to an agreement or proposed agreement where—
(a)if made before 21st March 2016, the agreement would be a regulated consumer credit agreement;
(b)if made on or after 21st March 2016, the agreement would not be a regulated consumer credit agreement;
(c)[F1neither the creditor nor any credit-broker has] acted in compliance or in purported compliance with any provision of [F2Part 5] of the Consumer Credit Act 1974, or regulations made under that Part, in relation to the agreement or proposed agreement; and
(d)before 21st March 2016, the creditor [F3or any credit-broker] acts in compliance or in purported compliance with rules made by the FCA that would apply in relation to the agreement or proposed agreement from 21st March 2016.
(2) From the date on which the creditor [F4or any credit-broker] first acts in compliance or purported compliance with such rules, the Consumer Credit Act 1974 applies in relation to the agreement or proposed agreement as if the amendments to legislation made by paragraphs 2 and 4 of Schedule 1 (amendments to the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and the Regulated Activities Order) had come into force.
(3) In this article—
[F5“credit-broker” has the meaning given in section 189(1) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974;]
“creditor” means a creditor within the meaning of section 8(1) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 M1; and
“regulated consumer credit agreement” means a regulated agreement within the meaning of section 8(3) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 31(1)(c) substituted (20.9.2015) by The Mortgage Credit Directive (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1557), arts. 1(2), 2(4)(a)(i)
F2Words in art. 31(1)(c) substituted (20.9.2015) by The Mortgage Credit Directive (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1557), arts. 1(2), 2(4)(a)(ii)
F3Words in art. 31(1)(d) inserted (20.9.2015) by The Mortgage Credit Directive (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1557), arts. 1(2), 2(4)(b)
F4Words in art. 31(2) inserted (20.9.2015) by The Mortgage Credit Directive (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1557), arts. 1(2), 2(4)(b)
F5Words in art. 31(3) inserted (20.9.2015) by The Mortgage Credit Directive (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1557), arts. 1(2), 2(4)(c)
Marginal Citations
M1Section 8(1) was amended by section 2 of the Consumer Credit Act 2006.
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