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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 31 December 2020 - onwards
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Regulation 68 Confirmation of availability of funds for card-based payment transactions

(1) This regulation does not apply to payment transactions initiated through card-based payment instruments on which electronic money is stored.

(2) Where the conditions in paragraph (3) are met, a payment service provider which issues card-based payment instruments may request that an account servicing payment service provider confirm whether an amount necessary for the execution of a card-based payment transaction is available on the payment account of the payer.

(3) The conditions are that -

(a) the payer has given explicit consent to the payment service provider to request the confirmation;

(b) the payer has initiated a payment transaction for the amount in question using a card-based payment instrument issued by the payment service provider making the request;