{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-reform-credit-unions-order-2003/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-reform-credit-unions-order-2003/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/256",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulatory Reform (Credit Unions) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-reform-credit-unions-order-2003",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Power to charge for ancillary services",
  "text": "After section 9 (deposits by persons too young to be members), insert—\n“Power to charge for ancillary services\n9A (1) A credit union which provides an ancillary service to a member or any other person from whom the credit union has accepted a deposit may charge a fee to cover the cost of providing that service.\n(2) In this section, “ancillary service” means any service which is ancillary to the activity of accepting a deposit or making a loan, and includes—\n(a) the making or receiving of payments, made by way of standing order, direct debit or any other means, as agent for a member or any other person from whom the credit union has accepted a deposit;\n(b) issuing and administering means of payment (for example, chequebooks and debit cards);\n(c) money transmission services;\n(d) giving advice on the services specified by paragraphs (a) to (c) above.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/256/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:32:30.571407+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."
}