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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-ombudsman-scheme-consumer-credit-jurisdiction-order-2007/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/383",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Ombudsman Scheme) (Consumer Credit Jurisdiction) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-ombudsman-scheme-consumer-credit-jurisdiction-order-2007",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Types of Business",
  "text": "The Secretary of State specifies the following types of business for the purposes of section 226A(2)(e) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000—\n(a) a consumer credit business;\n(b) a consumer hire business;\n(c) a business so far as it comprises or relates to credit brokerage;\n(d) a business so far as it comprises or relates to debt-adjusting;\n(e) a business so far as it comprises or relates to debt-counselling;\n(f) a business so far as it comprises or relates to debt-collecting;\n(g) a business so far as it comprises or relates to debt administration;\n(h) a business so far as it comprises or relates to the provision of credit information services;\n(i) a business so far as it comprises or relates to the operation of a credit reference agency.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/383/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:05:03.475116+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."
}