PART 5Regulation of payment systems

Consultation, accountability and oversight

104EF1Report on certain reviews

1

This section applies where the Treasury have given a direction to the Payment Systems Regulator under section 104D(1) to carry out a review.

2

The Payment Systems Regulator must provide a written report to the Treasury as to the opinion of the Regulator in relation to the following matters—

a

whether the requirements under review advance one or more of the payment systems objectives;

b

whether and to what extent the requirements are functioning effectively and achieving their intended purpose;

c

whether any amendments need to be made to the requirements and, if so, what those amendments should be;

d

whether any requirements should be withdrawn (with or without replacement);

e

whether any other action should be taken and, if so, what that action should be.

3

As soon as practicable after receiving the report the Treasury must—

a

lay before Parliament a copy of the report, and

b

publish the report in such manner as the Treasury think fit.

4

When complying with subsection (3) the Treasury may withhold material from the report if the Treasury consider that publication of the material would be against the public interest.