Consumer Credit Act, 1995
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PART XIII Moneylenders, Credit and Mortgage Intermediaries Registers | ||
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Moneylenders, credit intermediaries and mortgage intermediaries registers. |
151.—(1) The Director shall cause to be established and kept the following registers— | |
(a) the moneylenders register of all licences granted under section 93 (1), | ||
(b) the credit intermediaries register of all authorisations granted under section 144 (1), | ||
(c) the mortgage intermediaries register of all authorisations granted under section 116 (1). | ||
(2) Each of the registers shall be in such form as the Director may from time to time decide. | ||
(3) The moneylenders register shall contain the following particulars— | ||
(a) the information referred to in section 93 (8), | ||
(b) any revocation, suspension or variation of the terms or conditions of a moneylender's licence, and | ||
(c) such other particulars as the Minister may from time to time prescribe. | ||
(4) The credit intermediaries register shall contain the following particulars— | ||
(a) the information referred to in section 144 (8), | ||
(b) any revocation or suspension of a credit intermediaries authorisation, and | ||
(c) such other particulars as the Minister may from time to time prescribe. | ||
(5) The mortgage intermediaries register shall contain the following particulars— | ||
(a) the information referred to in section 116 (8), | ||
(b) any revocation or suspension of a mortgage intermediaries authorisation, and | ||
(c) such other particulars as the Minister, after consultation with the Minister for the Environment may from time to time prescribe. | ||
(6) A person shall at all reasonable times be entitled to make enquiries regarding the contents of any of the registers. | ||
(7) The registers shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any person on payment of a fee of such amount (if any) as may from time to time be prescribed. | ||
(8) (a) A person shall be entitled to obtain a copy of or an extract from (including in the case of information in non-legible form, a copy of or extract from such an entry in permanent legible form) an entry in any of the registers on payment to the Director of a fee of not more than £5, or such other amount (if any) as may from time to time be prescribed. | ||
(b) The fee referred to in paragraph (a) may be waived or reduced by the Director, at his discretion, in respect of such class or classes of persons as he may decide. | ||
(9) Every document purporting to be a copy of or extract from an entry in any of the registers and purporting to be certified by an officer of the Director to be a true copy of or an extract from such entry shall, without proof of the signature of the officer purporting so to certify or that the person was such officer, be received in evidence in any legal proceedings and shall, until the contrary is shown, be deemed to be a true copy of or extract from such entry and be evidence of the terms of such entry. | ||
(10) In this section “the registers” means the registers established under this section. |