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Article 20 Amendments of the 1974 Act

(1) The 1974 Act is amended as follows.

(2) Part 1 (sections 1 to 7) (Office of Fair Trading) [Part 1 was amended by the Enterprise Act 2002 (c.40), Schedule 25, paragraph 6(1) to (5) and Schedule 26, the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992, Schedule 4, and sections 27, 44, 51, 58, 61, 62 and 70 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Consumer Credit Act 2006 (c.14) and S.I. 2009/1835.] is omitted.

(3) In section 8 (consumer credit agreements) [Amended by sections 2 and 5 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Consumer Credit Act 2006 and S.I. 2008/2826.], for subsection (3) substitute -

"(3) A consumer credit agreement is a regulated agreement within the meaning of this Act if it is a regulated credit agreement for the purposes of Chapter 14A of Part 2 of the Regulated Activities Order.".

(4) In section 15 (consumer hire agreements) [Repealed in part by Schedule 4 to the Consumer Credit Act 2006.] for subsection (2) substitute -

"(2) A consumer hire agreement is a regulated agreement with the meaning of this Act if it is a regulated consumer hire agreement for the purposes of Chapter 14B of Part 2 of the Regulated Activities Order.".