National Credit Act, 2005 (Act No. 34 of 2005)

Regulations

Free Credit Records Regulations, 2006

1. Definitions

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SCHEDULE 2

 

In this Notice-

"consumer credit enquiries" include
a)any report containing consumer credit information that is issued by a credit bureaux, and
b)any extraction of information from the record of consumer credit information of a particular consumer;
c)where such a report or extraction is issued or information provided to a person for payment, as envisaged in section 43(1) of the Act;

but do not include

i)an extraction of information for the purpose of doing research relating to the development of a score card for a credit bureaux or any other person; or
ii)an extraction of information for the purpose of providing a report to the National Credit Regulator;

 

"the Act" means the National Credit Act, 2005 (Act No. 34 of 2005);

 

"the Regulations" means the Regulations made in terms of the National Credit Act. 2005 (Act No. 34 of 2005);

 

"total principal debt" means total principal debt owed to that credit provider under all outstanding credit agreements, other than incidental credit agreements, as per section 40(1)(b) of the Act.