PART 4 U.K.Access to and correction of information

Access to and correction of information for individuals and small firmsU.K.

15.—[F1(1) Section 13 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (rights of the data subject under the [F2UK GDPR]: obligations of credit reference agencies) applies in respect of a designated credit reference agency which is not a credit reference agency within the meaning of section 145(8) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 as if it were such an agency.]

(2) Sections 157 to 160 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (credit reference agencies) M1, and any regulations made under those sections, apply in respect of a designated credit reference agency which does not carry on, by way of business, an activity of the kind specified by article 89B of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 M2 (providing credit references), as if it did so carry on such an activity.

(3) In the event that the Treasury revokes the designation of a designated credit reference agency, paragraphs (1) and (2) continue to apply in respect of such credit reference agency for a period two years starting on the date of such revocation but thereafter shall cease to apply.

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