Citation, commencement and interpretation_I1

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Consumer Credit (Settlement Information) Regulations 1983 and shall come into operation on 19th May 1985.

(2) In these Regulations—

“ the Act ” means the Consumer Credit Act 1974 ;

“ settlement date ” for the purposes of the Schedule to these Regulations has the meaning given by Regulation 3 below,

and other expressions used in these Regulations have the same meanings as in the Consumer Credit (Rebate on Early Settlement) Regulations 1983.

Form of statement_I2

^F12.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, any statement to be given by a creditor under a regulated consumer credit agreement to a debtor under section 97 of the Act (which relates to the duty to give information to the debtor on his ... request of the amount of the settlement payment required to discharge the debtor's indebtedness under the agreement together with particulars showing how the amount is arrived at) shall be in writing and contain the information and particulars set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

^F1(2) Where a creditor under a regulated agreement for running-account credit receives a ... request from the debtor for a statement under section 97 of the Act and gives to the debtor a statement under section 78(4) within one month after he has received the request, showing according to the information to which it is practicable for him to refer the state of the account at that time, any statement to be given under paragraph (1) above may, instead of containing the information and particulars set out in the Schedule to these Regulations, state that the amount of the payment required to discharge the debtor's indebtedness under the agreement is the amount shown in the statement given under section 78(4) of the balance at the end of the period to which that statement relates.

Settlement date_I3

^F23.—(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F3,F4(2) ... The settlement date shall be taken to be the date of the expiration of a period of 28 days after the day on which the creditor has received a request ... for a statement from the debtor, unless a later date is requested by the debtor.

[^F5 (3) A request under paragraph (2) need not be in writing unless the agreement is secured on land.^F5]

Prescribed period_I4

4. The period of [^F67^F6] working days is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 97(1) of the Act (the period within which the creditor must give the statement to the debtor).

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE INFORMATION TO BE CONTAINED IN A STATEMENT GIVEN BY A CREDITOR OF THE AMOUNT OF THE PAYMENT REQUIRED TO DISCHARGE THE DEBTOR'S INDEBTEDNESS UNDER A REGULATED CONSUMER CREDIT AGREEMENT TOGETHER WITH PARTICULARS SHOWING HOW THE AMOUNT IS ARRIVED AT

Details of agreement_I5

1. A description of the agreement sufficient to identify it.

Parties to agreement_I6

2.—(1) The name [^F7, postal address and, where appropriate, any other address^F7] of the creditor.

(2) The name [^F7, postal address and, where appropriate, any other address^F7] of the debtor.

Amount of payment without taking into account any rebate on early settlement_I7

3. The total amount payable by the debtor required to discharge his indebtedness under the agreement before deducting the amount of any rebate on early settlement.

[^F8Compensatory amount

3A. Where the creditor claims an amount under section 95A(2) [^F9 or 95B(2)^F9] of the Act, that amount and the method used to determine it.^F8]

Amount of any rebate on early settlement_I8

4.—(1) Where the debtor will be entitled to a rebate on early settlement under the agreement or by virtue of section 95 of the Act, if early settlement takes place not later than the settlement date, the amount of the rebate on early settlement to which the debtor will be entitled—

(a)under the agreement, or

(b)by virtue of section 95 of the Act,

whichever is the higher, calculated on the assumption that early settlement takes place on the settlement date.

(2) Where the debtor will not be entitled to any rebate on early settlement under the agreement or by virtue of section 95 of the Act, if early settlement takes place not later than the settlement date, a statement to this effect.

[^F10Amount of payment less any rebate on early settlement plus any compensation _I9

5. The total amount payable by the debtor required to discharge his indebtedness under the agreement after taking into account the amount of any rebate on early settlement and the compensatory amount, namely the amount resulting from the deduction of the amount shown in paragraph 4 from the amount shown in paragraph 3 and the addition of the amount shown in paragraph 3A.^F10]

Settlement date_I10

6. The settlement date and a statement that it has been calculated in accordance with Regulation 3 of these Regulations.

Statement of method of calculation of any rebate_I11

7. Where the debtor will be entitled to a rebate on early settlement by virtue of section 95 of the Act, if early settlement takes place not later than the settlement date, a statement indicating—

(a)that the amount of the rebate has been calculated having regard to [^F11the Consumer Credit (Early Settlement) Regulations 2004^F11] ;

^F12(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F13(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations prescribe the form of the statement which has to be given under section 97(1) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 by a creditor under an agreement regulated by the Act of the amount of the settlement payment required to discharge the debtor's indebtedness under the agreement, together with particulars showing how the amount is arrived at.

The Regulations also prescribe the period of 12 working days within which the creditor must give the statement to the debtor after receiving a written request to that effect from the debtor.

By virtue of paragraph 35 of Schedule 3 to the Act, section 97 applies to existing agreements where the agreement would have been a regulated agreement if made on the date of coming into operation of that section.