Application of Part 7
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 the EEA and the service relates to a transaction in the currency of an EEA State;
(ii)the payment service providers of both the payer and the payee are located within the EEA and the service relates to a transaction in a currency other than the currency of an EEA State; or
(iii)the payment service provider of either the payer or the payee, but not both, is located within the EEA.
(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 EEA; 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 EEA; 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 or EEA registered account information service providers, 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).