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63.—(1) This Part applies to payment services where—
(a)the services are provided from an establishment maintained by a payment service provider or its agent in the United Kingdom; and
(b)the services are provided in one of the following circumstances—
(i)the payment service providers of both the payer and the payee are located within [F1the United Kingdom] and the service relates to a transaction in [F2sterling];
[F3(ia)the payment service providers of both the payer and the payee are located within the qualifying area and the service relates to a transaction in euro executed under a payment scheme which operates across the qualifying area;]
(ii)the payment service providers of both the payer and the payee are located within [F4the United Kingdom] and the service relates to a transaction in a currency other than [F5sterling or euro]; or
(iii)the payment service provider of either the payer or the payee, but not both, is located within the [F6United Kingdom and the case does not fall within paragraph (ia)].
[F7(1A) In paragraph (1)(b)(ia)—
(a)“payment service provider” includes any person who is a PSP as defined in Article 2(8B) of the SEPA regulation;
(b)“the qualifying area” means the area of the United Kingdom and the EEA States.]
(2) In the circumstances mentioned at paragraph (1)(b)(ii)—
(a)this Part applies only in respect of those parts of a transaction which are carried out in the [F8United Kingdom]; and
(b)regulations 84 to 88 (amounts transferred and received and execution time) do not apply.
(3) In the circumstances mentioned at paragraph (1)(b)(iii)—
(a)this Part applies only in respect of those parts of a transaction which are carried out in the [F9United Kingdom]; and
(b)regulations 66(2) (responsibility for charges), 79 (refunds for direct debits), 80 (requests for direct debit refunds), 84 (amounts transferred and received), 86(1) to (3) (execution time for transactions to a payment account), 91 (defective execution of payer-initiated transactions), 92 (defective execution of payee-initiated transactions), 94 (liability for charges and interest) and 95 (right of recourse) do not apply.
(4) This Part does not apply to registered account information service providers F10..., except for regulations 70 (access to payment accounts for account information services), 71(7) to (10) (denial of access to payment accounts), 72(3) (payment service user's obligation to keep personalised security credentials safe) and 98 to 100 (risk management, incident reporting, authentication and dispute resolution).
(5) Where the payment service user is not a consumer, a micro-enterprise or a charity, the payment service user and the payment service provider may agree that—
(a)any or all of regulations 66(1) (charges), 67(3) and (4) (withdrawal of consent), 75 (evidence on authentication and execution), 77 (payer or payee's liability for unauthorised transactions), 79 (refunds for direct debits), 80 (requests for direct debit refunds), 83 (revocation of a payment order), 91 (defective execution of payer-initiated transactions), 92 (defective execution of payee-initiated transactions) and 94 (liability for charges and interest) do not apply;
(b)a different time period applies for the purposes of regulation 74(1) (notification of unauthorised or incorrectly executed payment transactions).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 63(1)(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Money, Payment Services and Payment Systems (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1201), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 38(2)(a)(i) (with reg. 4, Sch. 3 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/56, regs. 1, 8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Word in reg. 63(1)(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Money, Payment Services and Payment Systems (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1201), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 38(2)(a)(ii) (with reg. 4, Sch. 3 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/56, regs. 1, 8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Reg. 63(1)(b)(ia) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Money, Payment Services and Payment Systems (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1201), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 38(2)(b) (with reg. 4, Sch. 3 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/56, regs. 1, 8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in reg. 63(1)(b)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Money, Payment Services and Payment Systems (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1201), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 38(2)(c)(i) (with reg. 4, Sch. 3 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/56, regs. 1, 8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in reg. 63(1)(b)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Money, Payment Services and Payment Systems (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1201), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 38(2)(c)(ii) (with reg. 4, Sch. 3 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/56, regs. 1, 8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in reg. 63(1)(b)(iii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Money, Payment Services and Payment Systems (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1201), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 38(2)(d) (with reg. 4, Sch. 3 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/56, regs. 1, 8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Reg. 63(1A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Money, Payment Services and Payment Systems (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1201), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 38(3) (with reg. 4, Sch. 3 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/56, regs. 1, 8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Words in reg. 63(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Money, Payment Services and Payment Systems (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1201), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 38(4) (with reg. 4, Sch. 3 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/56, regs. 1, 8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Words in reg. 63(3)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Money, Payment Services and Payment Systems (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1201), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 38(4) (with reg. 4, Sch. 3 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/56, regs. 1, 8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10Words in reg. 63(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electronic Money, Payment Services and Payment Systems (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1201), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 38(5) (with reg. 4, Sch. 3 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/56, regs. 1, 8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
64.—(1) This regulation applies where a payment service is provided in relation to payment transactions that consist of the placing, transferring or withdrawal of funds covered by a credit line provided under a regulated agreement.
(2) Regulation 71(2) to (5) (limits on the use of payment instruments) do not apply where section 98A(4) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (termination etc of open-end consumer credit agreements) M1 applies.
(3) Regulations 76(1) to (4) and 77(1) to (5) (rectification of and liability for unauthorised transactions), and regulation 74 (notification and rectification of unauthorised or incorrectly executed payment transactions) as it applies in relation to regulation 76, do not apply.
(4) Regulations 76(5) and 77(6) apply as if—
(a)in regulation 76(5), the references to an unauthorised payment transaction were to a payment transaction initiated by use of a credit facility in the circumstances described in section 83(1) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (liability for misuse of credit facilities);
(b)the references to complying with regulation 76(1) were to compensating the payer for loss arising as described in section 83(1) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974.
Marginal Citations
M11973 c. 39. Section 98A was inserted by S.I. 2010/1010.
65.—(1) This regulation applies in respect of payment instruments which, under the framework contract governing their use—
(a)can be used only to execute individual payment transactions of 30 euros or less, or in relation to payment transactions executed wholly within the United Kingdom, 60 euros or less;
(b)have a spending limit of 150 euros, or where payment transactions must be executed wholly within the United Kingdom, 300 euros; or
(c)store funds that do not exceed 500 euros at any time.
(2) Where this regulation applies the parties may agree that—
(a)regulations 72(1)(b) (obligation to notify loss or misuse of instrument), 73(1)(c), (d) and (e) (means of notifying loss) and 77(4) (payer not liable for certain losses) do not apply where the payment instrument does not allow for the stopping or prevention of its use;
(b)regulations 75 (evidence on authentication and execution), 76 (payment service provider's liability for unauthorised transactions) and 77(1) and (2) (payer's liability for unauthorised transactions) do not apply where the payment instrument is used anonymously or the payment service provider is not in a position, for other reasons concerning the payment instrument, to prove that a payment transaction was authorised;
(c)despite regulation 82(1) (refusal of payment orders), the payment service provider is not required to notify the payment service user of the refusal of a payment order if the non-execution is apparent from the context;
(d)the payer may not revoke the payment order under regulation 83 after transmitting the payment order or giving their consent to execute the payment transaction to the payee;
(e)execution periods other than those provided by regulations 86 (payment transactions to payment account) and 87 (absence of payment account) apply.
(3) Subject to paragraph (2)(b), regulations 76 (payment service provider's liability for unauthorised transactions) and 77(1) and (2) (payer's liability for unauthorised transactions) apply to electronic money unless the payer's payment service provider does not have the ability under the contract to—
(a)freeze the payment account on which the electronic money is stored; or
(b)stop the use of the payment instrument.
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