credit-related regulated activity
151(in accordance with section 22 of the Act (the classes of activity and categories of investments)) any of the following activities specified in Part 2 or 3A of the Regulated Activities Order (Specified Activities):
- (a) entering into a regulated credit agreement as lender (article 60B(1));
- (b) exercising, or having the right to exercise, the lender's rights and duties under a regulated credit agreement (article 60B(2));
- (c) credit broking (article 36A);
- (d) debt adjusting (article 39D(1) and (2));
- (e) debt counselling (article 39E(1) and (2));
- (f) debt collecting (article 39F(1) and (2));
- (g) debt administration (article 39G(1) and (2));
- (h) entering into a regulated consumer hire agreement as owner (article 60N(1));
- (i) exercising, or having the right to exercise, the owner's rights and duties under a regulated consumer hire agreement (article 60N(2));
- (j) providing credit information services (article 89A);
- (k) providing credit references (article 89B);
- (l) operating an electronic system in relation to lending (article 36H), but (other than in FEES and SUP) only insofar as it relates to a borrower or prospective borrower under a P2P agreement168;
- (m) agreeing to carry on a regulated activity (article 64) so far as relevant to any of the activities in (a) to (l);
which is carried on by way of business and relates to a specified investment applicable to that activity or, in the case of (j) and (k), relates to information about a person's financial standing.