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No 442 House of Representatives Supplementary Order Paper Thursday, 8 May 2014 Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill Proposed amendments Hon Craig Foss, in Committee, to move the following amendments: Clause 2 After clause 2(1) (page 10, after line 12), insert: (1A) The item relating to section 44 of the Personal Property Se- curities Act 1999 in Schedule 3 comes into force on the day after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent (and section 70 of this Act applies for the purposes of that item as if it were in force).
(1B) The item relating to the Fair Trading Act 1986 in Schedule 3 comes into force on 17 June 2014 (and section 70 of this Act applies for the purposes of that item as if it were in force).

In clause 2(3) (page 11, line 4), replace “subsection (1) or (2)” with “subsec- tion (1), (1A), (1B), or (2)”.

Subpart 1 of Part 1 heading In Part 1, delete the subpart 1 heading (page 11, lines 12 and 13).
Clause 4 In clause 4, new section 3(3)(i), replace “to guarantors” (page 13, line 20) with “in relation to guarantors”.

Clause 6 After clause 6(2) (page 15, after line 10), insert: (2A) In section 5, definition of buy-back fees, after “a particular insurer”, insert “or particular insurers”.

In clause 6(5), new definition of repossession, after “actual possession of those goods” (page 17, lines 19 and 20), insert “, keys, or access devices”.
1 SOP No 442 Proposed amendments to Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill In clause 6(5), new definition of standard form contract terms, paragraph (a), after “be contained” (page 17, line 33), insert “(in whole or in part)”.
In clause 6(5), new definition of standard form contract terms, paragraph (b), replace “repayment waivers and extended warranties that are related to such agreements” (page 18, lines 1 to 3), with “a contract, an arrangement, a repay- ment waiver, or an extended warranty referred to in section 9A(3) or (4)”.

Clause 6A In clause 6A(1), new section 8(1)(f), after “used, or” (page 18, line 7), insert “is”.

In clause 6A(1), new section 8(1)(f), after “domestic,” (page 18, line 8), insert “investment,”.
Clause 9 In clause 9, new section 9A(1), after the new definition of borrower (page 21, after line 9), insert: “finance means finance provided under a buy-back transaction In clause 9, after new section 9A(2) (page 22, after line 2), insert: “(3) “(4) If a security interest is or may be taken in connection with an agreement, the contract or arrangement that creates or pro- vides for the security interest is to be treated as forming part of the agreement for the purposes of this Part.
If an agreement involves a repayment waiver or an extended warranty, the repayment waiver or extended warranty is to be treated as forming part of the agreement for the purposes of this Part.

In clause 9, new section 9B(3)(b)(iii), replace “would be” (page 23, line 6) with “is”.

In clause 9, new section 9B(3)(c)(ii), replace “would be” (page 23, lines 16 and 17) with “is”.

In clause 9, new section 9B(3A)(b)(ii), replace “would be” (page 25, line 8) with “is”.
In clause 9, new section 9B(3B)(b)(ii), replace “would be” (page 26, line 6) with “is”.

In clause 9, new section 9D(1)(a), after “agreement” (page 27, line 12), insert “, before a relevant guarantee is given, or before a relevant insurance contract is entered into”.

In clause 9, after new section 9D(2)(b) (page 28, after line 30), insert: “(ba) guarantors or classes of guarantors: In clause 9, new section 9G(3), after “9E(2)” (page 30, line 8), insert “(a) to (f)”.
In clause 9, new section 9H(2), replace “no longer uses” (page 30, line 31) with “does not use”.

In clause 9, new section 9I(6)(b), after “form” (page 32, line 23), insert “(if any)”.

In clause 9, delete new section 9J (page 33, lines 1 to 6).

2 Proposed amendments to Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill SOP No 442 Clause 11 In clause 11(1), new section 11(1)(b), after “used, or” (page 33, line 24), insert “is”.
Clause 12B Before clause 12B(1) (page 34, before line 29), insert: (1AA) In section 16(1), after “credit sale”, insert “, a credit con- tract,”.
After clause 12B(2) (page 35, after line 6), insert: (3) After section 16(2), insert: If subsection (1) applies,— “(3) “(a) “(b) “(c) the lessor under the lease is to be treated as a creditor; and the lessee under the lease is to be treated as a debtor; and this Act applies with all other necessary modifications as if the lease were a credit sale, a credit contract, and a consumer credit contract.
“(4) If a lease is to be treated as a credit contract under subsection (1), then, for the purposes of the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008,— “(a) “(b) the lease is to be treated as a credit contract; and the lessor under the lease is to be treated as a creditor; and that Act applies with all other necessary modifications as if the lease were a credit contract.” “(c) Clause 17 In clause 17(2), delete new section 24(2A)(b) (page 37, lines 33 and 34).
After clause 17(2) (page 37, after line 35), insert: (3) After section 24(4), insert: “(5) See section 9H(4) (which allows any person to request a copy of the standard form contract terms used by a creditor).” Clause 19 In clause 19, after new section 26A(1)(ab) (page 38, after line 27), insert: “(ac) the name and contact details of the dispute resolution scheme of which the new creditor is a member (un- less the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008 does not require the new creditor to be a member of such a scheme): Clause 23 In clause 23(2), new section 40(2B), after “earlier” (page 42, line 2), insert “as referred to in subsection (2A)”.
3 SOP No 442 Proposed amendments to Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill Clause 27 In clause 27, replace new section 45(6)(c) (page 46, line 8) with: “(c) the insurance is financed under the credit contract and the creditor has, in relation to the credit-related insurance contract, breached section 9B(3B) in any respect.” Clause 29 In clause 29, insert as subsection (2) (page 47, after line 8): (2) In section 52(5)(d), after “particular insurer”, insert “or par- ticular insurers”.
Clause 32 In clause 32(1), new section 57(1)(a), replace “and the debtor” (page 48, line 16) with “and, in relation to that default, the debtor”.

Clause 33 In clause 33, new section 57A(1)(c)(ii), replace “notification” (page 49, line 21) with “notice”.

In clause 33, new section 57A(4), replace “reflects” (page 50, line 13) with “rea- sonably compensates the creditor for”.

Clause 34A In clause 34A, new section 59A(1)(b), replace “credit contract” (page 50, line 34) with “consumer credit contract”.
Clause 38 After clause 38(2) (page 52, after line 23), insert: (3) In section 70(3)(d), after “particular insurer” insert “or par- ticular insurers”.
Clause 40 Replace clause 40 (page 52, lines 26 to 31) with: 40 Section 79 amended (Request disclosure for buy-back transactions) After section 79(4), insert: “(5) See section 9H(4) (which allows any person to request a copy of the standard form contract terms used by a transferee).” Clause 43 In clause 43, after new section 83AB(2) (page 54, after line 16), insert: “(2A) Subsection (2) applies even if a party to the contract or ar- rangement referred to in subsection (2)(a) is not a party to the credit contract (for example, a guarantor who has given a security interest over consumer goods to secure the guaran- tor’s obligations under a guarantee that was given in respect of the credit contract).
4 Proposed amendments to Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill SOP No 442 In clause 43, replace new section 83B(1)(b) and (c) (page 54, lines 25 to 30) with: “(b) enter premises, or enter premises when an occupier is not present, for— “(i) the purpose of repossessing consumer goods over which there is a security interest; or any other purpose in connection with consumer goods over which there is a security interest.
“(ii) In clause 43, new section 83C(1)(b), replace “that time” (page 56, line 2) with “the goods are repossessed”.

In clause 43, new section 83D(1), replace “provide a notice (a repossession warning notice) to” (page 57, lines 12 and 13) with “serve a notice (a repos- session warning notice) on”.

In clause 43, new section 83D(1)(c), replace “83F” (page 57, line 17) with “83F(1)”.

In clause 43, new section 83D(3)(e), replace “given to” (page 58, line 3) with “served on”.
In clause 43, new section 83D(4A), replace “disregarded” (page 58, line 15) with “excluded”.

In clause 43, replace new section 83E(1) (page 58, lines 22 to 24) with: “(1) A debtor may, following receipt of a repossession warning notice, voluntarily deliver the consumer goods identified in that notice to the creditor at the place specified in that notice under paragraph (j)(ii) of Schedule 3A.

In clause 43, new section 83E(3), after “applies” (page 58, line 29), insert “with all necessary modifications”.
In clause 43, replace new section 83G(2) (page 59, lines 25 to 28) with: “(2) If the creditor or creditor’s agent has already commenced any enforcement action before a written complaint in relation to that enforcement action or any other enforcement action is made, or an application under section 55 is made, to the cred- itor, no further action may be taken to continue or complete that enforcement action until the complaint has been resolved or the application has been decided.
In clause 43, new section 83G(4), after “settled the complaint” (page 60, lines 1 and 2), insert “referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (2)”.

In clause 43, new section 83G(6)(d), after “to the creditor” (page 61, line 10), insert “under the credit contract”.

In clause 43, new section 83G(7), after “this Part” (page 61, line 16), insert “, to any court order,”.

In clause 43, new section 83G(7), after “(1)” (page 61, line 18), insert “or (2)”.
In clause 43, new section 83H(4), definition of activated, paragraph (d), after “indirect benefit” (page 63, line 2), insert “to the creditor”.

5 SOP No 442 Proposed amendments to Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill In clause 43, new section 83HI(1), after “83ZGA(1)(a)” (page 63, line 19), insert “or prescribed for the purposes of section 83ZGA(1)(c)”.

In clause 43, new section 83I(1)(b), replace “given to” (page 64, line 3) with “served on”.
In clause 43, after new section 83I(2) (page 64, after line 23), insert: “(2A) Subsection (2) does not prevent a creditor’s agent from holding the agent’s tools of the trade that are customarily used by repossession agents or repossession employees.

In clause 43, new section 83J(1), after “right of entry of premises” (page 64, lines 34 and 35), insert “for the purpose of repossessing consumer goods”.
In clause 43, replace new section 83JA(1) (page 66, lines 14 to 16) with: “(1) This section applies if a creditor or creditor’s agent enters premises for the purpose of repossessing consumer goods, or for any other purpose in connection with consumer goods, when the occupier of the premises is not present (subject to subsection (2A)).
In clause 43, after new section 83JA(2) (page 66, after line 24), insert: “(2A) Subsection (2)(b) and (c) applies only if the creditor or creditor’s agent enters the premises for the purpose of repos- sessing consumer goods.

In clause 43, new section 83K, insert as new subsection (2) (page 66, after line 33): “(2) This section applies whether the right to enter premises is ex- ercised— “(a) “(b) for the purpose of repossessing consumer goods; or for any other purpose in connection with consumer goods.
In clause 43, new section 83M(2), replace “entered residential premises between the hours of 6 am and 9 pm for the purpose of repossessing consumer goods” (page 67, lines 16 to 18) with “exercised a right to enter residential premises between the hours of 6 am and 9 pm”.
In clause 43, new section 83M(3), replace “nothing in subsection (1), (2), or (2A) prevents a debtor from agreeing, in writing, to permit the creditor or creditor’s agent to enter the premises and repossess consumer goods” (page 67, lines 24 to 27) with “subsection (1), (2), or (2A) (as the case may be) does not apply if the debtor has consented, in writing, to permit the creditor or creditor’s agent to enter the premises”.
In clause 43, after new section 83M(3) (page 67, after line 37), insert: “(4) This section applies whether the right to enter premises is ex- ercised— “(a) “(b) for the purpose of repossessing consumer goods; or for any other purpose in connection with consumer goods.
6 Proposed amendments to Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill SOP No 442 In clause 43, replace new section 83Q(2)(b) (page 70, lines 11 and 12) with: “(b) after the consumer goods are repossessed, the debtor or the debtor’s agent gives the creditor a written notice that requires the creditor to offer the goods for sale within the 15 days referred to in subsection (1); or In clause 43, new section 83S(2)(a), replace “the enforcement” (page 71, line 8) with “any enforcement”.
In clause 43, new section 83S(3)(b), replace “disregarded” (page 71, line 23) with “excluded”.

In clause 43, new section 83T(2), replace “place” (page 72, line 3) with “the place”.

In clause 43, after new section 83Z(3) (page 76, after line 24), insert: “(4) Nothing in section 83G limits the creditor’s duty to comply with this section.
In clause 43, new section 83ZA(2), replace “security interests that are subordin- ate to the security interest of the creditor selling the consumer goods” (page 76, lines 36 and 37), with “any security interests referred to in subsection (1)”.

In clause 43, new section 83ZB(a), delete “in the consumer goods and their pro- ceeds” (page 77, lines 14 and 15).
In clause 43, new section 83ZB, insert as new subsection (2) (page 77, after line 18): “(2) In subsection (1), proceeds has the same meaning as in sec- tion 16 of the Personal Property Securities Act 1999.

In clause 43, new section 83ZC(1)(b), delete “and expenses” (page 77, line 28).
Clause 46 In clause 46(2), replace new section 88(1A) (page 83, lines 8 to 13) with: “(1A) The debtor under a credit contract is entitled to recover from— “(a) “(b) the creditor under the contract the amount of the statu- tory damages set out in section 89 if the creditor or the creditor’s agent breaches, in connection with the con- tract, any of the provisions of Part 3A; and the creditor’s agent the amount of the statutory damages set out in section 89 if the creditor’s agent breaches, in connection with the contract, any of the provisions of Part 3A.
“(1B) However, if a creditor’s agent breaches, in connection with a contract, any of the provisions of Part 3A, the debtor is not entitled, under subsection (1A), to recover the amount of statutory damages from— “(a) the creditor’s agent if the debtor has already recovered that amount from the creditor: the creditor if the debtor has already recovered that amount from the creditor’s agent.” “(b) 7 SOP No 442 Proposed amendments to Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill Clause 47 After clause 47(1) (page 83, after line 22), insert: (1A) In section 89(3), replace “$100” with “$200” in each place.
Clause 48 In clause 48(3), new section 90(3), replace “contravention” (page 83, line 31) with “breach”.

Clause 55 In clause 55, new section 99B(1)(a), after “a credit contract” (page 88, line 12), insert “to which the creditor is a party”.

In clause 55, new section 99B(1)(b), after “borrowing” (page 88, line 21), insert “under such a contract”.
Clause 58 In clause 58, replace new section 102A(1)(b) (page 91, lines 17 to 22) with: “(b) the creditor, lessor, or transferee breaches the disclosure section by failing to give or send to the debtor, guar- antor, lessee, or occupier a copy of the relevant terms within the time for giving or sending the copy of those terms that is specified in that section.

In clause 58, new section 102A(5)(a), replace “provided” (page 91, line 36) with “served”.
In clause 58, new section 102A(7), replace “give or send a repossession warning notice to” (page 92, line 9) with “serve a repossession warning notice on”.
In clause 58, replace new section 102A(11) (page 92, lines 23 and 24) with: “(11) In this section,— “disclosure section means any of sections 17, 18, 25, 64, 70, and 72 “relevant terms means, in relation to— “(a) section 17, the terms of the contract referred to in sec- tion 17(2): section 25, the terms of the guarantee referred to in sec- tion 25(1)(a): section 64, the terms of the lease referred to in section 64(2): section 70, the terms of the credit-related insurance, re- payment waiver, or extended warranty referred to in section 70(1) or (2) (as the case may be): section 72, the terms of the buy-back transaction re- ferred to in section 72(2).
“(b) “(c) “(d) “(e) Clause 60 In clause 60(1), new section 108(1)(a)(v), replace “:” (page 96, line 27) with “; or”.

8 Proposed amendments to Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill SOP No 442 Clause 61 In clause 61(1), after new section 111(2)(ab) (page 97, after line 35), insert: “(ac) issue infringement notices for infringement offences; and”.
Clause 63 In clause 63, new section 124, insert as new subsection (2) (page 100, after line 16): “(2) If a guarantee is treated as forming part of the credit contract under section 119(1), the references to the debtor in subsec- tion (1)(d), (e), (f), (h), and (k) must, in relation to the guar- antee, be treated as including the guarantor.” New clause 63A After clause 63 (page 100, after line 25), insert: 63A Section 134 amended (Right to set-off) In section 134(1), after “93”, insert “or 94A”.
Subpart 2 of Part 1 heading In Part 1, delete the subpart 2 heading (page 105, lines 1 and 2).

Subpart 1 of Part 2 heading In Part 2, delete the subpart 1 heading (page 105, lines 10 to 12).

Clause 74 In clause 74(3), after “affiliated entity” (page 106, line 13), insert “, reserve scheme,”.

Clause 80 In clause 80, replace the heading to new section 15A (page 108, line 20) with “FMA may prevent registration of financial service provider”.
Clause 81 In clause 81(2), new section 16(1)(ab), replace “5 working days” (page 110, lines 6 and 7) with “10 working days”.

Clause 82 In clause 82(2), new section 17(1)(c)(i), replace “63(ba)” (page 110, line 37) with “63(1)(ba)”.

In clause 82(4), replace “10 days” (page 111, line 14) with “10 working days”.

New clause 86A After clause 86 (page 114, after line 24), insert: 86A Section 31 amended (Searches of register) In section 31, replace “27(a)” with “27(1)(a)”.
9 SOP No 442 Proposed amendments to Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill Clause 88 After clause 88(3) (page 115, after line 19), insert: (4) After section 37(9)(c), insert: “(ca) is ordinarily resident in New Zealand; or “(cb) has a place of business in New Zealand; or “(cc) is in the business of providing a financial service; or”.

Clause 94 In clause 94, new section 52(1)(da), replace “approved schemes” (page 117, line 1) with “approved dispute resolution schemes”.
Clause 95 In clause 95, after the heading (page 117, after line 3), insert as subclauses (1) and (2): (1) After section 56(1)(b), insert: “(ba) the rules about the scheme do not, or no longer, comply with the requirements of section 63:”.

(2) In section 56(1)(e)(iii), replace “63(q)” with “63(1)(q)”.
In clause 95, replace new section 56(3A)(b) (page 117, lines 13 to 16) with: “(b) informed the Minister of adequate arrangements that it has made, or will make, to facilitate the transfer of members of the existing scheme to another approved dispute resolution scheme or schemes.” Clause 96 Delete clause 96(1) (page 117, lines 19 to 22).
In clause 96(2), replace new section 57(4) (page 117, line 24 to page 118, line 7) with: “(4) The Minister’s notice may also require the person responsible for the scheme to do 1 or more of the following: “(a) notify members of the scheme of adequate arrange- ments that have been, or will be, made to facilitate the transfer of members of the scheme to another approved dispute resolution scheme or schemes: “(b) make clear to those members that those members may— “(i) “(ii) apply to join another approved dispute resolution scheme or schemes in accordance with those ar- rangements; or apply to join any other approved dispute reso- lution scheme: “(c) remind each of its members of the member’s obliga- tion— “(i) to continue to be a member of an approved dis- pute resolution scheme, as required by section 48; and 10 Proposed amendments to Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill SOP No 442 “(ii) to notify the Registrar that the member has trans- ferred to another approved dispute resolution scheme, and details of that scheme, as required by section 17.” Subpart 2 of Part 2 heading In Part 2, delete the subpart 2 heading (page 123, lines 21 and 22).
New clause 109 After clause 108 (page 123, after line 25), insert: 109 Consequential revocations The following are revoked: (a) Financial Service Providers (Appointment of Reserve Scheme) Order 2010 (SR 2010/251): Financial Service Providers (Dispute Resolution—Re- serve Scheme Fees) Rules 2010 (SR 2010/397): Financial Service Providers (Dispute Resolution—Re- serve Scheme) Rules 2010 (SR 2010/250).
(b) (c) Schedule 1 In Schedule 1, new Schedule 1AA, clause 1, replace the definition of 2013 Act (page 124, lines 9 and 10) with: 2013 Act means Part 1 and Schedules 1 to 3 of the Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Act 2013 In Schedule 1, new Schedule 1AA, clause 2(1), replace “subclause (2)” (page 124, line 29) with “subclauses (2) and (3)”.

In Schedule 1, new Schedule 1AA, clause 2(2)(a), replace “sections 17 and 40” (page 125, lines 3 and 4) with “section 17”.
In Schedule 1, new Schedule 1AA, clause 2(2)(a), replace “those sections” (page 125, line 6) with “that section”.
In Schedule 1, new Schedule 1AA, replace clause 2(2)(e) (page 125, lines 28 to 32) with: (e) the lender responsibility principles (see section 9B(2) of the principal Act, as inserted by section 9 of the 2013 Act) apply only to the following: (i) a variation of a contract where the variation takes effect on or after the commencement of section 9 of the 2013 Act: an application under section 55 of the principal Act made on or after the commencement of sec- tion 9 of the 2013 Act.
(ii) In Schedule 1, new Schedule 1AA, after clause 2(2) (page 125, after line 35), insert: (3) If a provision of the principal Act as amended or inserted by the 2013 Act applies in relation to an existing agreement under subclause (2), sections 93 and 96 of the principal Act (as 11 SOP No 442 Proposed amendments to Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill amended by sections 49 and 53 of the 2013 Act) apply to a breach of that provision in relation to the existing agreement if the breach occurs on or after the commencement of this clause.
Schedule 2 In Schedule 2, new Schedule 3A, new paragraph (d)(i), replace “given to” (page 127, line 30) with “served on”.

In Schedule 2, new Schedule 3A, new paragraph (e), replace “given to” (page 128, line 2) with “served on”.

In Schedule 2, new Schedule 3A, new paragraph (k)(i)(D), replace “given to” (page 128, line 36) with “served on”.
In Schedule 2, new Schedule 3B, after new paragraph (e) (page 130, after line 11), insert: (ea) a statement of what it means to reinstate the credit con- tract or to settle the credit contract (including a brief de- scription of the consequences of reinstating or settling the credit contract): Schedule 3 In Schedule 3, replace the item relating to the Income Tax Act 2007 (page 134, lines 14 to 17), with: Income Tax Act 2007 (2007 No 97) In section FA 15(4)(a), replace “costs and expenses referred to in section 31(2)(c) and (d) of the Credit (Repossession) Act 1997” with “costs referred to in section 83Y(2)(a) and (b) of the Credit Con- tracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003”.
In Schedule 3, item relating to the Insolvency Act 2006, after the item relating to section 129 (page 134, after line 24), insert: In section 130(2), replace “postpossession” with “post-reposses- sion”.

In Schedule 3, item relating to the Private Security Personnel and Private Inves- tigators Act 2010, before the item relating to new section 8A (page 136, before line 12), insert: In section 5(4)(b), after “destruction agent,”, insert “repossession agent,”.
In Schedule 3, item relating to the Private Security Personnel and Private Inves- tigators Act 2010, after the item relating to new section 45(1A) (page 137, after line 5), insert: In section 53(1)(a), after “14,”, insert “16A,”.

Replace section 55(b) with: “(b) in the case of a crowd controller employee or a repos- session employee, as a responsible employee of any person.” In section 60(2)(a), after “14,”, insert “16A,”.
12 Proposed amendments to Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill SOP No 442 In Schedule 3, item relating to new section 126A of the Private Security Per- sonnel and Private Investigators Act 2010, replace the heading (page 138, lines 11 and 12) with “Transitional provisions relating to repossession agents and repossession employees”.
In Schedule 3, item relating to new section 126A of the Private Security Per- sonnel and Private Investigators Act 2010, after new section 126A(3) (page 138, after line 22), insert: “(4) In the case of an applicant for a licence as a repossession agent, section 62(j) must be applied as if the ground for disqualifica- tion is that the individual has not, within the preceding 5 years, had 12 months’ relevant experience— “(a) of carrying on a business of repossessing consumer goods on behalf of a creditor (whether that business is carried on by himself or herself or in partnership with any other person); or “(b) of repossessing consumer goods in the course of his or her employment, or engagement as a contractor, by a person who carries on a business referred to in para- graph (a) or by a creditor.
“(5) Subsection (4) also applies for the purposes of section 63(1)(f) (as well as section 62(j)).

“(6) Subsections (4) and (5) do not apply to applications for li- cences made after the date that is 5 years after the date on which this section comes into force.” Explanatory note This Supplementary Order Paper amends the Credit Contracts and Financial Ser- vices Law Reform Bill.
The amendments include— • amending clause 2 to provide for consequential amendments to the Per- sonal Property Securities Act 1999 and the Fair Trading Act 1986 (in Schedule 3) to come into force, respectively, on the day after the Bill re- ceives the Royal assent and 17 June 2014: removing unnecessary subpart headings to facilitate the division of the Bill into 2 Bills: providing for collateral security agreements, repayment waivers, and ex- tended warranties to be treated as agreements for the purposes of the lender responsibility principles in new Part 1A (new section 9A(3) and (4) of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 (the Act)).
This will allow, for example, the principles to extend to a mortgage or other security interest that is taken in connection with the credit contract: making various amendments to section 16 of the Act to clarify, for example, that if a lease is treated as a consumer credit contract, the lessor must be treated as a creditor and the lessee must be treated as a debtor • • • 13 SOP No 442 Proposed amendments to Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill (clause 12B).
In addition, new section 16(4) expressly clarifies that such a lease is a credit contract for the purposes of the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008 (the FSP Act): amending the changes to request disclosure (clauses 17 and 40) to ensure that a request for a copy of a lender’s standard form contract terms is complied with under new section 9H(4) (which provides for immediate compliance): amending new section 26A in clause 19 (which requires disclosure of the transfer of a creditor’s rights under a consumer credit contract).
The amendment requires the disclosure to include the name and contact details of the dispute resolution scheme of which the new creditor is a member: amending new section 45(6) (in clause 27), which relates to when a cred- itor must not charge a commission in connection with credit-related in- surance.

New section 45(6)(c) prevents a commission being charged if the insurance is financed under the credit contract.
The amendment adds a requirement that the creditor has breached new section 9B(3B) (which relates to the lender responsibility principles that require the creditor to make reasonable inquiries and to assist the debtor to make an informed decision): making various changes to new Part 3A (relating to repossession), includ- ing— • clarifying that the Part applies to a guarantor who has given a secur- ity interest over consumer goods to secure the guarantor’s obliga- tions under a guarantee that was given in respect of a credit contract (new section 83AB(2A)): clarify that some of the protections extend to situations where a creditor or a creditor’s agent enters premises other than for the pur- pose of repossessing the consumer goods.
This includes the duty to act in accordance with the lender responsibility principles (new section 83K) and the prohibition on entering residential premises at certain times (new section 83M).
This is consistent with the ap- plication of the Credit (Repossession) Act 1997: amending various provisions to refer consistently to the service of notices rather than the giving of notices: amending new section 83G (which relates to the effect of com- plaints on the creditor’s enforcement rights) to clarify how the provision works where the creditor or creditor’s agent has already commenced an enforcement action before the complaint is made: amending new section 83HI (prohibition against the connection or use of a disabling device in connection with certain goods) to en- sure that the prohibition extends to consumer goods that are pre- scribed for the purposes of new section 83ZGA(1)(c): amending new section 83I (which prevents creditors and creditors’ agents from holding keys or other devices that enable access to • • • • • • • • • 14 Proposed amendments to Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill SOP No 442 • • consumer goods) to clarify that the provision does not prevent a creditor’s agent from holding the agent’s ordinary tools of the trade: amending new section 83Q(2)(b) to clarify how a debtor may re- quire a creditor to offer consumer goods for sale within 15 days of the service of the post-repossession notice: amending new section 83ZB (which extinguishes various security interests in the consumer goods and their proceeds) to clarify that the term proceeds has the same meaning as in the Personal Property Securities Act 1999: amending clause 46 to clarify when a debtor can obtain
 statutory damages from a creditor or a creditor’s agent for breaches of new Part 3A: amending clause 47 to increase the minimum amount of statutory dam- ages under section 89 of the Act from $100 to $200 (for consistency with increases made in clause 47(1AB), which doubled certain amounts of statutory damages from $3,000 to $6,000): amending new section 102A of the Act (which relates to infringement offences) in clause 58 to clarify that an infringement offence includes a failure to give or send to the debtor, guarantor, lessee, or occupier a copy of the terms of the relevant credit contract, guarantee, lease, buy- back transaction, credit-related insurance, repayment waiver, or extended warranty (as the case may be) in accordance with a disclosure section: amending clause 61 to ensure that the Commerce Commission’s functions expressly include issuing infringement notices: amending clause 63 (new section 124), which sets out guidelines for re- opening credit contracts.
The amendment clarifies how the provision ap- plies in relation to a guarantor when a guarantee is treated as being part of the credit contract for the purposes of the oppression provisions in Part 5: amending clause 81, which amends section 16 of the FSP Act.
The amendment increases the time within which a financial service provider must notify the Registrar of the details of its dispute resolution scheme (from 5 working days after receiving notification of registration under the FSP Act to 10 working days): amending clause 95 to ensure that the Minister may withdraw the approval of an approved dispute resolution scheme under section 56 of the FSP Act if the rules about the scheme do not, or no longer, comply with the requirements of section 63: amending clauses 95 and 96 to clarify the process of withdrawing the approval of a scheme and to provide for arrangements to facilitate the transfer of members: consequentially revoking various orders and rules to take into account the removal of the reserve scheme provisions in the FSP Act: amending the transitional provisions in Schedule 1 to confirm that the lender responsibility principles apply to hardship applications (under existing credit contracts) that are made after commencement of new Part 1A.
In addition, the transitional provisions clarify that sections 93 and 96 15 • • • • • • • • • • SOP No 442 Proposed amendments to Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill of the Act (court orders and injunctions), as amended by this Bill, apply to an existing agreement where an amended or inserted provision applies to the existing agreement: amending the post-repossession notice in new Schedule 3B to require the notice to explain what it means to reinstate or settle the credit contract: amending the transitional provisions for the amendments to the Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act 2010 in Schedule 3.
The amendments facilitate the granting of licences to repossession agents by clarifying the requirements of that Act relating to the previous experience of an applicant: making other minor or technical drafting changes.

• • • Departmental disclosure statement The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment considers that a depart- mental disclosure statement is not required to be prepared for this Supplementary Order Paper.
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