{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-financial-promotion-order-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-5A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-financial-promotion-order-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-5A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1529",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-financial-promotion-order-2005",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5A",
  "heading": "Debt adjusting",
  "text": "(1) The following activities are, when carried on in relation to debts due under a relevant credit agreement, controlled activities—\n(a) negotiating with the lender, on behalf of the borrower, terms for the discharge of a debt;\n(b) taking over, in return for payments by the borrower, that person’s obligation to discharge a debt;\n(c) any similar activity concerned with the liquidation of a debt.\n(2) The following activities are, when carried on in relation to debts due under a consumer hire agreement, controlled activities—\n(a) negotiating with the owner, on behalf of the hirer, terms for the discharge of a debt;\n(b) taking over, in return for payments by the hirer, that person’s obligation to discharge a debt;\n(c) any similar activity concerned with the liquidation of a debt.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 paras. 5A, 5B inserted (26.7.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1881), arts. 1(2)(6), 17(6)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1529/schedule/1/paragraph/5A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:57:52.457126+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}