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P2P agreement

  1. (a) (in relation to a borrower) in accordance with article 36H of the Regulated Activities Order, an agreement by which one person provides another person with credit (within the meaning of article 60L of the Regulated Activities Order) and in relation to which:140
    1. (i) the operator of the electronic system in relation to lending which facilitates the agreement does not provide credit (within that meaning), assume the rights (by assignment or operation of law) of a person who provided credit, or receive credit under the agreement; 140
    2. (ii) the borrower is an individual; and140
    3. (iii) either condition (A) or (B) is satisfied:140
      1. (A) the lender provides credit (within that meaning) of less than or equal to £25,000; or140
      2. (B) the agreement is not entered into by the borrower wholly or predominantly for the purposes of a business carried on, or intended to be carried on, by the borrower.140
  2. (b) (in relation to a lender) in accordance with article 36H of the Regulated Activities Order, an agreement by which one person provides another person with credit (within the meaning of article 60L of the Regulated Activities Order) and in relation to which either:140
    1. (i) the lender is an individual or was an individual at the time the agreement was entered into; or140
    2. (ii) if the lender is not an individual or was not an individual at the time the agreement was entered into, either condition (A) or (B) is satisfied, or was satisfied at the time the agreement was entered into:140
      1. (A) the lender provides credit (within that meaning) of less than or equal to £25,000; or140
      2. (B) the agreement is not entered into by the borrower wholly or predominantly for the purposes of a business carried on, or intended to be carried on, by the borrower;140
    provided, in either case, that the operator of the electronic system in relation to lending which facilitates the agreement does not provide credit (within that meaning), assume the rights (by assignment or operation of law) of a person who provided credit, or receive credit under the agreement.140
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