Consumer Credit Act 1995

Repayment book.

100

100.F154[(1) A high cost credit provider shall, in respect of every high cost credit agreement, supply or make available to the borrower, in accordance with subsection (3), on paper or another durable medium, a book or document (in this section referred to as a "repayment book")—

(a) in which to record repayments made under the agreement,

(b) which shall be completed and maintained by the high cost credit provider in accordance with this section, and

(c) which shall be separate from the agreement.]

(2) (a) A F155[high cost credit provider] shall, in respect of F155[high cost credit agreement], enter in a repayment book before supplying it to a borrower the following information:

(i) an agreement number or other reference to enable the agreement to be identified,

(ii) the name and address of the F155[high cost credit provider] (as specified on his F155[high cost credit provider’s licence]),

(iii) the name and address of the borrower,

F154[(vii) the rate of interest to be charged (including the APR expressed as € per €100 borrowed) on foot of the credit advanced,]

(v) the date the credit is advanced,

(vi) the amount of each repayment instalment,

(vii) the rate of interest to be charged (including the APR expressed as £ per £100 borrowed) on foot of the credit advanced,

F154[(viii) the total cost of credit—

(I) in euro, and

(II) as a percentage of the amount borrowed,]

(ix) the number of repayment instalments,

(x) the date, or the mode of determining the date, upon which each repayment instalment is payable,

(xi) the total amount payable in respect of the loan, and

(xii) the date of expiry of the loan.

(b) A repayment book shall also include a record of repayments in the form set out in the Sixth Schedule and in which, on the occasion of each repayment, the person to whom the repayment is made shall enter the following:

(i) the date the repayment is made,

(ii) the amount of the repayment,

(iii) the amount still outstanding after deduction of the repayment, and

(iv) the signature of the person to whom the repayment is made.

F156[(3) A high cost credit provider shall, for the purposes of compliance with subsection (1)

(a) offer to supply or make available the repayment book to the borrower in a choice of paper and at least one other durable medium, and

(b) supply or make available the repayment book to the borrower in the durable medium chosen by the borrower.

(4) In this section, "durable medium" means any medium that enables a person to store information in a way that renders it accessible to the borrower for future reference for a period of time adequate for the purposes of the information and allows the unchanged reproduction of the information.]

Annotations:

Amendments:

F154

Substituted (14.11.2022) by Consumer Credit (Amendment) Act 2022 (13/2022), s. 10(a), (b)(i), (ii), S.I. No. 575 of 2022.

F155

Substituted (14.11.2022) by Consumer Credit (Amendment) Act 2022 (13/2022), s. 15(1) and sch. 1 part 1 item 27(a)-(c), S.I. No. 575 of 2022.

F156

Inserted (14.11.2022) by Consumer Credit (Amendment) Act 2022 (13/2022), s. 10(c), S.I. No. 575 of 2022.