Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2022

Amendment of section 29 of Act of 1997

3. Section 29 of the Act of 1997 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):

“(5) For the purposes of this Act—

(a) the National Asset Management Agency and a NAMA group entity (within the meaning of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 ) shall not be treated as carrying on a regulated business as a credit servicing firm,

(b) an excepted person shall not be treated as carrying on a regulated business as a debt management firm,

(c) a person referred to in paragraphs (a) to (g) of the definition of ‘retail credit firm’ in section 28(1) shall not be treated as carrying on a regulated business as a retail credit firm, and

(d) a securitisation special purpose entity referred to in section 28(2A) or (2B) shall not be treated as carrying on a regulated business as a retail credit firm.”.