PART 3 U.K.Consumer buy-to-let mortgages

Meaning of credit intermediaryU.K.

5.—(1) A person acts as a credit intermediary if the person—

(a)is not a creditor;

(b)is not merely introducing, either directly or indirectly, a consumer to a creditor or credit intermediary;

(c)is acting in the course of the person's trade, business or profession, for remuneration, which may take a pecuniary form or any other agreed form of financial consideration; and

(d)meets one or more of conditions A to C.

(2) Condition A is that the person presents or offers consumer buy-to-let mortgage contracts to consumers.

(3) Condition B is that the person assists consumers by undertaking preparatory work or other pre-contractual administration in respect of consumer buy-to-let mortgage contracts other than as referred to in Condition A.

(4) Condition C is that the person concludes consumer buy-to-let mortgage contracts with consumers on behalf of the creditor.