# The Consumer Credit (Running-Account Credit Information) Regulations 1983, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/1570/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-running-account-credit-information-regulations-1983/regulation-1
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