(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Consumer Credit (Running-Account Credit Information) Regulations 1983 and shall come into operation on 19th May 1985.

(2) In these Regulations -

"accounting period" means a period to which a statement in writing relates showing the state of the account, where such statements are given at regular intervals by creditors under regulated agreements for running-account credit to debtors;

"the Act" means the Consumer Credit Act 1974; and

"lettering" includes figures and symbols.