Consumer Credit Act 1995
F221[Registers of F222[high cost credit providers] and mortgage intermediaries.
151A.—(1) The Bank shall establish and keep—
(a) a register of F222[high cost credit providers], and
(b) a register of mortgage intermediaries.
(2) Each of the registers is to be kept in a form determined by the Bank.
(3) The register of F222[high cost credit providers] must 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 F222[high cost credit provider's licence];
(c) such other particulars as the Minister for Finance prescribes from time to time.
(4) The mortgage intermediaries register must contain the following particulars:
(a) the information referred to in section 116(8);
(b) any revocation or suspension of a mortgage intermediaries authorisation;
(c) such other particulars as the Minister for Finance prescribes from time to time.
(5) A person is at all reasonable times entitled to make enquiries regarding the contents of either of the registers.
(6) The Bank shall ensure that each of the registers is at all reasonable times open for inspection by members of the public. If a register is kept in a form that is not immediately legible, the Bank shall make available to any member of the public who wishes to inspect the register a version of the register that is in legible form.
(7) A person is entitled to obtain a copy of any entry in either of the registers on payment to the Bank of a fee of such amount (if any) as may be prescribed under section 33K of the Central Bank Act 1942, for the purposes of this subsection.
(8) The Bank may, in relation to such class or classes of persons as it decides, waive or reduce a fee prescribed for the purposes of subsection (7).]
Annotations
Amendments:
F221
Inserted (1.05.2003) by Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (12/2003), s. 35(1) and sch. 1 part 21 item 46, S.I. No. 160 of 2003, subject to transitional provisions in s. 36 and sch. 3 para. 20(3).
F222
Substituted (14.11.2022) by Consumer Credit (Amendment) Act 2022 (13/2022), s. 15(1) and sch. 1 part 1 item 41(a), (b), S.I. No. 575 of 2022.