# Consumer Credit Act 2006, Section 5: Consequential amendments relating to ss. 1 to 4


(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) In section 10 of that Act (running-account credit and fixed-sum credit)—
(a) in subsection (1) for “personal” wherever occurring substitute “ consumer ”;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) In subsection (1) of section 158 of that Act (duty of credit reference agency to disclose filed information) for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a) a request in writing to that effect from a consumer,”.
(6) After subsection (4) of that section insert—
“(4A) In this section ‘consumer’ means—
(a) a partnership consisting of two or three persons not all of whom are bodies corporate; or
(b) an unincorporated body of persons which does not consist entirely of bodies corporate and is not a partnership.”
(7) In section 181(1) and (2) of that Act (power to alter monetary limits etc.) for “8(2), 15(1)(c)” substitute “ 16B(1) ”.
(8) In subsection (5) of section 185 of that Act (agreement with more than one debtor or hirer)—
(a) in paragraph (b) for “a body corporate” substitute “ not an individual ”;
(b) for “the body corporate or bodies corporate” substitute “ each person within paragraph (b) ”.
(9) In subsection (6) of that section after “a body corporate” insert “ within paragraph (b) of that subsection ”.
(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/14/section/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-act-2006/section-5
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