[F145U.K.Section 148(1) does not apply to an agreement made in the course of any business before 3rd August 1976 in the case of any business so far as it comprises or relates to—
(a)debt-adjusting,
(b)debt-counselling,
(c)debt-collecting, or
(d)the operation of a credit reference agency,
or before 1st July 1978 in the case of an ancillary credit business of a description to which sub-paragraph (1A) of paragraph 44 applies or before the day appointed for the purposes of that paragraph in the case of an ancillary credit business to which sub-paragraph (1B) of that paragraph applies.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3 para. 45 substituted by S.I. 1977/2163, art. 2, Sch.