ATCS 8.3 Notification and signage where facility of designated firm closing

1. (1)

   1Where the requirement for a cash access assessment was triggered under ATCS 4.1.1R(1) (concerning closures of designated firms), the designated firm whose cash access facility is the subject of the relevant closure must notify the following in writing of the information set out in ATCS 8.3.2R:

   1. (a)

      the Member of Parliament and any Member of the Senedd, Scottish Parliament or Northern Ireland Assembly for the local area; and

   2. (b)

      the local authorities for the local area.

2. (2)

   The notification in (1) must take place as soon as reasonably practicable after a cash access assessment has been completed by the designated firm, or by a designated coordination body where ATCS 4.2.1R is relied on.

1The information that must be notified under ATCS 8.3.1R is as follows:

1. (1)

   the reason why a cash access assessment was undertaken;

2. (2)

   its outcome in terms of the provision of additional cash access services; and

3. (3)

   any information required to be published under ATCS 8.2.1R.

1If any of the information notified under ATCS 8.3.1R changes as a result of ATCS 9, ATCS 8.1.11R or otherwise, the designated firm must, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify the relevant Member of Parliament, any relevant Member of the Senedd, Scottish Parliament or Northern Ireland Assembly, and the relevant local authorities of the change.

1. (1)

   A designated coordination body may make any notifications required under ATCS 8.3.1R or ATCS 8.3.3R for its participating designated firms.

2. (2)

   Compliance by the designated coordination body with the notification requirements in ATCS 8.3.1R and ATCS 8.3.3R will also be treated as compliance by the participating designated firms with those rules.

1. (1)

   Where the requirement for a cash access assessment was triggered under ATCS 4.1.1R(1) (concerning closures of designated firms), the designated firm whose cash access facility is the subject of the relevant closure must deploy accessible signage at that facility:

   1. (a)

      setting out any information required to be published under ATCS 8.2.1R; and

   2. (b)

      signposting where to find information published under ATCS 10 about the availability of cash access services with respect to its relevant current accounts.

2. (2)

   The signage must be deployed according to the timeframe set out in ATCS 8.3.1R(2) and remain in place at least until the relevant closure takes place.

1A designated firm must keep the information in the signage deployed under ATCS 8.3.5R up to date.