# The Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2004, Regulation 15: Functions and duty of a payments distributor


(1) It is a function of a payments distributor–
(a) to assist a money adviser with, and advise on, payments distribution;
(b) to distribute sums received by the distributor in accordance with the debt payment programme, or any agreement for voluntary payment of a continuing liability;
(c) to provide payment and distribution reports to money advisers, and to creditors;
(d) subject to paragraph (2), to provide a facility for voluntary payment by a debtor of a continuing liability; and
(e) to provide information to the DAS administrator about the exercise of a function of a payments distributor.
(2) Where a payments distributor is not providing the facility specified in paragraph (1)(d), the distributor may elect in respect of each period of approval under regulation 13(5), or part of a period if an election is made other than at the start of the period, whether or not to provide that facility.
(3) A payments distributor shall have regard to guidance issued by the DAS administrator when carrying out a function of a distributor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2004/0110626400/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-debt-arrangement-scheme-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-15
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