On March 5, 2015, HM treasury published the Banking Act 2009 (Inter-Bank Payment Systems) (Disclosure and Publication of Specified Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2015. These Regulations widen the remit of information-sharing between the Bank of England and the Payment Systems Regulator, allowing the BoE to share information that it has obtained through its oversight of interbank payment systems with the PSR. The BoE will therefore no longer be limited to only share information with the PSR that is relevant to financial stability. On the same day, HM Treasury also published the Payment Services (Amendment) Regulations 2015. These regulations amend the Payment Services Regulations 2009 and transfer the supervision and enforcement functions on access to payment systems from the Competition Markets Authority to the newly formed PSR. Both regulations enter into force on April 1, 2015, the date on which the PSR becomes fully operational.
The Regulations and Explanatory Memoranda are available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/422/pdfs/uksi_20150422_en.pdf ; http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/422/pdfs/uksiem_20150422_en.pdf ; http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/488/pdfs/uksi_20150488_en.pdf ; and http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/488/pdfs/uksiem_20150488_en.pdf .
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