Cost of Borrowing (Banks) Regulations

11 (1) A bank that issues credit cards and that distributes an application form for credit cards must specify the following information in the form or in a document accompanying it, including the date on which each of the matters mentioned takes effect:

• (a) in the case of a credit card with a

  • (i) fixed rate of interest, the annual interest rate, or

  • (ii) variable interest rate that is determined by adding or subtracting a fixed percentage rate of interest to or from a public index, the public index and the fixed percentage rate to be added or subtracted from it;

• (b) the day on and after which interest accrues and information concerning any grace period that applies; and

• (c) the amount of any non-interest charges.

(2) If the information box set out in Schedule 4, containing the information required by paragraph 6(2.1)(b) or (2.2)(b), as applicable, is included in an application form for a credit card or accompanies that application form, the bank is considered to have met the requirements of subsection (1).

(3) If an applicant for a credit card applies by telephone or any electronic means, the bank must disclose to them the information required by paragraphs (1)(a) to (c) at the time of the application.

(4) If a bank that issues credit cards solicits applications for them in person, by mail, by telephone or by any electronic means, the information required by paragraphs (1)(a) and (c) must be disclosed at the time of the solicitation.