- Made under
- Consumer Credit Act 1974
- Enforced by
- FCA
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 1 of 8 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 7 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
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What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
- Provide specific credit information during telephone salesTrader
- Disclose credit information after making distance agreementsTrader
- Provide pre-contract credit information for business distance contractsTrader
- Provide full contract terms for consumer distance credit agreementsTrader
- Disclose pre-contract credit information in the prescribed Schedule 1 formTrader
- Inform existing customers of their right to pre-contract pawn informationTrader
- Use correct formats for pre-contract overdraft informationTrader
5 other provisions — procedural and definitional
Schedules
1 of 19 shown- Provide a standardized pre-contract information form for overdraftsTrader
Unlimited fine
18 other schedules
Help complying
Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.
Prepare your BNPL business for FCA regulation
Preparation guide for Buy Now Pay Later providers and merchants ahead of FCA regulation from 15 July 2026. Covers what is changing, …
Start offering consumer credit to customers
End-to-end learning path for businesses new to consumer credit. Covers understanding FCA regulation, obtaining authorisation, setting up pre-contract disclosures and affordability assessments, …
Consumer credit compliance quick-check
Quick compliance check for experienced consumer credit firms. Covers FCA permissions, fee payments, credit advertising, pre-contract disclosures, Consumer Duty obligations, complaints handling, …
Meet pre-contract disclosure requirements for credit
How to provide the required pre-contract information to borrowers before entering a consumer credit agreement. Covers the SECCI form, adequate explanations duty, …
Connected legislation
The wider family of instruments made under the same parent Act.
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.