43.—(1) Subject to this section, a creditor or an owner shall during the currency of the agreement provide, within 10 days of receipt of a written request by a consumer who is party to the agreement or if that consumer so requires any person specified by him in the request, a copy of the written agreement or a statement of—

(a) the amount paid,

(b) the amount, if any, due but unpaid, and the date and amount of each instalment that remains unpaid, and

(c) the total amount outstanding and the date and amount of each outstanding instalment,

under the agreement.

(2) A creditor or an owner shall not, without reasonable cause, fail to comply within 10 days with a request under subsection (1).

(3) If the default described in subsection (2) continues for a further period of 14 days, then while the default so continues, the creditor or the owner, as the case may be, shall not be entitled to enforce the agreement, or any right to recover goods, and any person shall not be entitled to enforce a security given under the agreement.

(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to a request made less than 4 weeks after a previous request under that subsection relating to the same credit agreement which was complied with.

F80[(5) A request referred to in subsection (1) must be accompanied by a fee of €2.50 or, if some other amount is specified in a regulation made by the Bank for the purposes of this subsection, that other amount. The Bank may make such a regulation only after consulting the Director.]

(6) Subsection (5) shall not apply where the request is in relation to a F81[high cost credit agreement].

(7) This section does not apply to a housing loan.