EU Legislation (Payment
Services – SEPA) (Jersey) Regulations 2015
part 1
interpretation
1 Interpretation
(1) In these Regulations,
unless the context otherwise requires –
“account servicing payment service provider” means a
payment service provider providing and maintaining a payment account for a
payer;
“authentication” means a procedure which allows a
payment service provider to verify the identity of a payment service user or
the validity of the use of a specific payment, including the use of the payment
service user’s personalized security credentials;
“BBAN” means a payment account number identifier which
uniquely identifies an individual payment account with a payment service
provider and which can only be used for national SEPA payments;
“BIC” means business identifier code, being a code that
unambiguously identifies a payment service provider, the elements of which are
specified by ISO 13616, published by the International Organization for
Standardization;
“branch” means a place of business of a payment service
provider, other than its head office, being a place of business that –
(a) has no
legal personality;
(b) forms
a legally dependent part of the payment service provider; and
(c) carries
out directly all or some of the transactions inherent in the business of the
payment service provider;
“business day” means, in relation to a payment service
provider, a day on which the payment service provider is open for business as
required for the execution of a payment transaction;
“charge” means a charge levied by a payment service
provider on the payment service user and directly or indirectly linked to a
payment transaction;
“commencement day” means the day on which these
Regulations come into force;
“Commission” means the Jersey Financial Services
Commission established by the Financial Services Commission
(Jersey) Law 1998;
“consumer” means a natural person when acting for
purposes other than his or her trade, business or profession;
“direct debit” means a payment service for debiting the
payer’s payment account where a payment transaction is initiated by the
payee on the basis of consent given by the payer –
(a) to
the payee;
(b) to
the payee’s payment service provider; or
(c) to
the payer’s own payment service provider;
“direct debit scheme” means a common set of rules, practices
and standards agreed between payment service providers for the execution of
direct debit transactions;
“durable medium” means any instrument which –
(a) enables
a payment service user to store information (being information addressed
personally to the user) in such a way as to be accessible for future reference
for a period adequate for the purposes of the information; and
(b) allows
the unchanged reproduction of the information stored;
“electronic money” has the same meaning as in the EU Legislation (Information
Accompanying Transfers of Funds) (Jersey) Regulations 2017;
“EPC” means the European Payments Council, being the association internationale sans but lucratif of
that name constituted under Title III of the Loi
sur les associations sans but lucratif, les associations internationales sans
but lucratif et les fondations of 27th June 1921 of the
Kingdom of Belgium;
“framework contract” means a payment service contract
which governs the future execution of individual and successive payment
transactions and which may contain the obligation and conditions for setting up
a payment account;
“funds” means banknotes, coins, scriptural money or
electronic money;
“group” has the meaning given by Article 4 of the
Payment Services Directive;
“IBAN” means international bank account number, being an
international payment account number identifier that uniquely identifies an
individual account with a unique payment service provider, the elements of
which are specified by ISO 13616, published by the International
Organization for Standardisation;
“means of distance communication” means a method which,
without the simultaneous physical presence of the payment service provider and
the payment service user, may be used for the conclusion of a contract for
payment services between those parties;
“Minister” means the Minister for External Relations;
“national SEPA payment” means an electronically
processed payment transaction initiated by a payer, or by or through a payee,
where the payer’s payment service provider and the payee’s payment
service provider are located in Jersey;
“payee” means a natural or legal person who is the
intended recipient of funds which have been the subject of a payment
transaction;
“payer” means a natural or legal person who holds a
payment account and allows a payment order from that payment account, or, where
there is no payment account, a natural or legal person who gives a payment
order;
“payment account” means an account held in the name of
one or more payment service users which is used for the execution of payment
transactions;
“payment instrument” means any –
(a) personalized
device; or
(b) personalized
set of procedures agreed between the payment service user and the payment
service provider,
used by the payment service user in order to initiate a payment
order;
“payment order” means an instruction by a payer or payee
to his or her payment service provider requesting the execution of a payment
transaction;
“payment scheme” means a single set of rules, practices,
standards or implementation guidelines, or all or some of these, agreed between
payment service providers for the execution of payment transactions within the
SEP statutory area, and which is separated from any infrastructure or payment
system that supports its operation;
“payment service” means any of the following activities,
when carried out as a regular occupation or business activity –
(a) the
execution of payment transactions, including transfers of funds on a payment
account with the user’s payment service provider or with another payment
service provider, including –
(i) the execution of
direct debits, including one-off direct debits, and
(ii) the
execution of credit transfers, including standing orders;
(b) the
execution of payment transactions where the funds are covered by a credit line
for a payment service user, including –
(i) the execution of
direct debits, including one-off direct debits, and
(ii) the
execution of credit transfers, including standing orders;
“payment service provider” means a person (being a
person registered under the Banking Business (Jersey)
Law 1991) when –
(a) the
person is carrying out payment services in or from within Jersey; or
(b) being
a legal person established under Jersey law, the person is carrying out payment
services in any part of the world other than in or from within Jersey;
“payment service user” means a natural or legal person
making use of a payment service in the capacity of payer or payee, or both;
“Payment Services Directive” means Directive (EU) 2015/2366
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on
payment services in the internal market, amending Directives 2002/65/EC,
2009/110/EC and 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, and repealing
Directive 2007/64/EC (OJ L 337, 23.12.2015,
p. 35);
“payment system” means a funds transfer system with
formal and standardized arrangements and common rules for the processing,
clearing or settlement of payment transactions;
“payment transaction” means an act –
(a) initiated
by a payer or by or through a payee, of placing, transferring or withdrawing
funds, irrespective of any underlying obligations between the payer and the
payee; and
(b) effected
using a payment instrument governed by the SEPA Credit Transfer Scheme Rulebook
(as in force from time to time) published by the EPC or the SEPA Direct Debit
Core Scheme Rulebook (as in force from time to time) or the SEPA Direct Debit
Business to Business Scheme Rulebook (as in force from time to time) published
by the EPC;
“personalized security credentials” means personalized
features provided by a payment service provider to a payment service user for
the purposes of authentication;
“reference exchange rate” means the exchange rate which
is used as the basis to calculate any currency exchange and which is made
available by a payment service provider or comes from a publicly available
source;
“remote payment transaction” means a payment transaction
initiated through the internet or otherwise initiated through a device that can
be used for distance communication;
“SEPA credit
transfer” means a payment service for crediting a payee’s payment
account with a payment transaction or a series of payment transactions from a
payer’s payment account by the payment service provider which holds the
payer’s payment account, based on an instruction given by the payer;
“SEPA direct debit” means a payment service for debiting
a payer’s payment account, where a payment transaction is initiated by
the payee on the basis of the payer’s consent given to the payee, to the
payee’s payment service provider or to the payer’s own payment
service provider;
“SEPA payment” means a payment transaction carried out
within the SEP statutory area;
“SEP statutory area” means the
countries and territories listed in the document (as in force from time to
time) that is published by the EPC as the “List of SEPA Scheme Countries”
or otherwise as a list of countries and territories which are part of the
geographical scope of the schemes managed by the EPC;
“single payment service contract” means a contract for a
single payment transaction not covered by a framework contract;
“strong customer authentication” means authentication
based on the use of 2 or more elements that are independent, in that the breach
of one element does not compromise the reliability of any other element, and
designed in such a way as to protect the confidentiality of the authentication
data, with the elements falling into 2 or more of the following
categories –
(a) something
known only by the payment service user (“knowledge”);
(b) something
held only by the payment service user (“possession”);
(c) something
inherent to the payment service user (“inherence”);
“unique identifier” means a combination of letters,
numbers or symbols specified to a payment service user by a payment service
provider and to be provided by the payment service user in relation to a
payment transaction in order to identify unambiguously one or both of the
following –
(a) another
payment service user who is a party to the payment transaction;
(b) the
other payment service user’s payment account;
“value date” means a reference time used by a payment
service provider for the calculation of interest on the funds debited from or
credited to a payment account.[1]
(2) For the purposes of
these Regulations, all the places of business set up in Jersey by a payment
service provider with a head office outside Jersey shall be taken to be one
branch.
PART 2
IMPLEMENTATION of title III of payment services
directive: INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PAYMENT SERVICES
Application
2 Application
of Part 2
(1) This Part applies to
payment services where –
(a) the
services are provided from an establishment maintained by a payment service
provider in Jersey; and
(b) the
services are provided in one of the following circumstances –
(i) the payment
service providers of both the payer and the payee are located within the SEP
statutory area, or
(ii) the
payment service provider of either the payer or the payee, but not both, is
located within the SEP statutory area.[2]
(1A) In the circumstances mentioned in
paragraph (1)(b)(ii), this Part applies only in respect of those parts of
a transaction which are carried out in the SEP statutory area.[3]
(2) Regulations 4 to 7
and 15 to 18 apply to payment services provided under a single payment
service contract.
(3) Regulations 3 and
8 to 18 apply to payment services provided under a framework contract.
(4) Except where the
payment service user is a consumer, the parties may agree that any or all of
the provisions of this Part do not apply to a contract for payment services.
(5) This Part does not
apply to –
(a) a
payment transaction from a payer to a payee through a commercial agent
authorized in an agreement to negotiate or conclude the sale or purchase of
goods or services on behalf of either the payer or the payee but not both the
payer and the payee;
(b) a
payment transaction carried out within a payment or securities settlement
system between payment service providers and settlement agents, central
counterparties, clearing houses, central banks or other participants in the
system;
(c) a
payment transaction relating to securities asset servicing, including
dividends, income or other distributions, or redemption or sale, carried out by
persons referred to in sub-paragraph (b) or by entities allowed to have
the custody of financial instruments;
(d) services,
provided by technical service providers, which support the provision of payment
services, without the providers’ entering at any time into possession of
the funds to be transferred, being services that include processing and storage
of data, trust and privacy protection services, data and entity authentication,
provision of information technology, provision of communication networks, and
the provision and maintenance of terminals and devices used for payment
services;
(e) a
payment transaction carried out between payment service providers or their
branches, or between a payment service provider and one or more of its
branches, for their own account; or
(f) a
payment transaction and related service between a parent undertaking and its
subsidiary or between subsidiaries of the same parent undertaking, without any
intermediary intervention by a payment service provider other than an
undertaking belonging to the same group.[4]
(6) This Part shall
continue to apply to a payment service provided prior to 13th January 2018
as if the EU Legislation (Payment Services – SEPA) (Amendment)
(Jersey) Regulations 2017 had not been enacted.[5]
3 Disapplication
of certain Regulations in the case of low-value payment instruments
(1) This Regulation applies
in respect of payment instruments which, under the framework contract governing
their use –
(a) can
be used only to execute individual payment transactions that do not exceed 30 euros
or, in relation to payment transactions executed wholly within Jersey, 60 euros;
or
(b) have
a spending limit of 150 euros or, where payment transactions are to be
executed wholly within Jersey, 300 euros.
(2) Where this Regulation
applies –
(a) Regulations 8
and 12 do not apply and the payment service provider is required to provide the
payer only with information about the main characteristics of the payment
service, including –
(i) the way in which
the payment instrument can be used,
(ii) the
liability of the payer, as set out in Regulation 29,
(iii) any
charges levied,
(iv) any
other material information the payer might need in order to take an informed
decision, and
(v) an indication of where
the information referred to in Schedule 1 is made available in an easily
accessible manner;
(b) if
the parties so agree, Regulations 13 and 14 do not apply and instead –
(i) the payment
service provider shall provide or make available a reference enabling the
payment service user to identify –
(A) the payment
transaction,
(B) the
amount of the payment transaction,
(C) any
charges payable in respect of the payment transaction; or
(ii) in
the case of several payment transactions of the same kind made to the same
payee, the payment service provider shall provide or make available to the
payment service user information about the total amount of the payment
transactions and any charges for those payment transactions; and
(c) if
the parties so agree, Regulation 15(1) does not apply to information
provided or made available in accordance with Regulation 10.
Single payment service contracts
4 Information
required prior to the conclusion of a single payment service contract
(1) A payment service
provider shall provide or make available to the payment service user the
information referred to in paragraph (2) in
relation to the service by supplying a copy of the
draft single payment service contract, supplying a copy of the draft payment
order or otherwise, either –
(a) before
the payment service user is bound by the single payment service contract; or
(b) immediately
after the execution of the payment transaction, where the contract is concluded
at the payment service user’s request using a means of distance
communication which does not enable provision of such information in accordance
with sub-paragraph (a).[6]
(2) The information
referred to in paragraph (1) is –
(a) the
information or unique identifier that has to be provided by the payment service
user in order for a payment order to be properly executed;
(b) the
maximum time in which the payment service will be executed;
(c) the
charges payable by the payment service user to the user’s payment service
provider for the payment service and, where applicable, a breakdown of such
charges;
(d) where
applicable, the actual or reference exchange rate to be applied to the payment
transaction; and
(e) such
of the information referred to in Schedule 1 as is relevant to the single
payment service contract in question.[7]
5 Information
required after receipt of the payment order
(1) The payer’s
payment service provider shall, immediately after receipt of the payment order,
provide or make available to the payer the information referred to in paragraph (2)
in relation to the service to be provided by the payer’s payment service
provider.[8]
(2) The information
referred to in paragraph (1) is –
(a) a
reference enabling the payer to identify the payment transaction and, where
appropriate, information relating to the payee;
(b) the
amount of the payment transaction in the currency used in the payment order;
(c) the
amount of any charges for the payment transaction payable by the payer and,
where applicable, a breakdown of the amounts of such charges;
(d) where
an exchange rate is used in the payment transaction and the actual rate used in
the payment transaction differs from the rate referred to in Regulation 4(2)(d),
the actual rate used or a reference to it, and the amount of the payment
transaction after that currency conversion; and
(e) the
date on which the payment service provider received the payment order.
6 Information
for the payee after execution
(1) The payee’s
payment service provider shall, immediately after the execution of the payment
transaction, provide or make available to the payee the information referred to
in paragraph (2) in relation to the service
provided by the payee’s payment service provider.[9]
(2) The information
referred to in paragraph (1) is –
(a) a
reference enabling the payee to identify the payment transaction and, where
appropriate, the payer and any information transferred with the payment
transaction;
(b) the
amount of the payment transaction in the currency in which the funds are at the
payee’s disposal;
(c) the
amount of any charges for the payment transaction payable by the payee and,
where applicable, a breakdown of the amount of such charges;
(d) where
applicable, the exchange rate used in the payment transaction by the
payee’s payment service provider, and the amount of the payment
transaction before that currency conversion; and
(e) the
credit value date.
7 Avoidance
of duplication of information
Where a payment order for a single payment transaction is
transmitted by way of a payment instrument issued under a framework contract,
the payment service provider in respect of that single payment transaction need
not provide or make available under Regulations 4 to 6 information which
has been provided or made available, or will be provided or made available,
under Regulations 8 to 13 by another payment service provider in respect
of the framework contract.
Framework contracts
8 Prior
general information for framework contracts
(1) A payment service
provider shall provide to the payment service user the information referred to
in Schedule 1, either –
(a) in
good time before the payment service user is bound by the framework contract;
or
(b) where
the contract is concluded at the payment service user’s request using a
means of distance communication which does not enable provision of such
information in accordance with sub-paragraph (a), immediately after the
conclusion of the contract.
(2) The payment service
provider may discharge the duty under paragraph (1) by providing a copy of
the draft framework contract provided that such contract includes the
information referred to in Schedule 1.[10]
9 Information
during period of contract
If the payment service user so requests at any time during the
contractual relationship, the payment service provider shall provide the
information referred to in Schedule 1 and the terms of the framework
contract.
10 Changes
in contractual information
(1) Subject to paragraph (4),
notice of any proposed changes to –
(a) the
existing terms of the framework contract; or
(b) the
information referred to in Schedule 1,
shall be provided by the payment service provider to the payment service
user no later than 2 months before the date on which they are to take
effect.
(2) The framework contract
may provide for any such proposed changes to be made unilaterally by the
payment service provider where the payment service user does not, before the
proposed date of entry into force of the changes, notify the payment service
provider to the contrary.
(3) Where the framework
contract so provides, the payment service provider shall inform the payment
service user that –
(a) the
payment service user will be deemed to have accepted the changes in the
circumstances referred to in paragraph (2); and
(b) the
payment service user has the right to terminate the framework contract without
charge at any time before the proposed date of their entry into force.[11]
(4) Changes in the exchange
rate used in payment transactions may be applied immediately and without notice
where –
(a) such
a right is agreed to under the framework contract and any such changes are
based on the reference exchange rates on which information has been provided to
the payment service user in accordance with this Part; or
(b) the
changes are favourable to the payment service user.[12]
(5) Any change in the
exchange rate used in payment transactions shall be implemented and calculated
in a neutral manner that does not discriminate against any payment service
user.
11 Termination
of framework contract
(1) Subject to paragraph (2),
the payment service user may terminate the framework contract at any time.
(2) If the parties have
agreed on a period of notice not exceeding 1 month, the payment service
user may terminate the framework contract by giving at least that period of
notice.
(3) Any charges for the
termination of the contract under paragraph (1) or (2) shall reasonably
correspond to the actual costs to the payment service provider of the
termination.[13]
(4) The
payment service provider shall not charge the payment service user for the termination of the
contract under paragraph (1) or (2) after the expiry of 6 months of
the contract.[14]
(5) If the contract so
provides, the payment service provider may terminate a framework contract
concluded for an indefinite period by giving at least 2 months’
notice or the period of notice provided for in the contract, whichever period
of notice is the greater.
(6) Notice of termination
given in accordance with paragraph (5) shall be provided in the same way
as information is required by Regulation 15(1) to be provided or made
available.
(7) Where charges for the
payment service are levied on a regular basis, such charges shall be
apportioned up until the time of the termination of the contract and any
charges paid in advance shall be reimbursed proportionally.
(8) This Regulation does
not affect any right of a party to the framework contract to treat it, in accordance
with the general law of contract, as unenforceable, void or discharged.
12 Information
prior to execution of individual payment transaction
Where an individual payment transaction under a framework contract
is initiated by the payer, the payer’s payment service provider shall, on
request by the payer, inform the payer of –
(a) the maximum execution
time;
(b) the charges payable by
the payer in respect of the payment transaction; and
(c) where applicable, a
breakdown of the amounts of such charges.
13 Information
for the payer on individual payment transactions
(1) The
payer’s payment service provider under a framework contract shall provide
to the payer
the information referred to in paragraph (2) in respect of each payment
transaction on paper or on another durable medium at least once per month free
of charge.[15]
(2) The information
referred to in paragraph (1) is –
(a) a
reference enabling the payer to identify the payment transaction and, where
appropriate, information relating to the payee;
(b) the
amount of the payment transaction in the currency in which the payer’s
payment account is debited or in the currency used for the payment order;
(c) the
amount of any charges payable by the payer for the payment transaction and,
where applicable, a breakdown of the amounts of such charges;
(d) where
applicable, the exchange rate used in the payment transaction by the
payer’s payment service provider and the amount of the payment
transaction after that currency conversion; and
(e) the
debit value date or the date of receipt of the payment order.[16]
(3) A
framework contract may include a condition that the payer may require the
information referred to in paragraph (2) be provided or made available periodically at least once a month, free
of charge and in an agreed manner which enables the payer to store and
reproduce the information unchanged.[17]
(4) Paragraph (1)
does not require a payment
service provider to provide information where –
(a) the
information has been, or is to be, provided or made available as required by
the payer under a condition of the type referred to in paragraph (3); or
(b) more
than one month has passed since information was last provided, but there are no
payment transactions in respect of which the payment service provider has not
previously provided or made available information in accordance with paragraph (1)
or as required by the payer under a condition of the type referred to in paragraph (3).[18]
14 Information
for the payee on individual payment transactions
(1) The payee’s
payment service provider under a framework contract shall provide to the payee
the information referred to in paragraph (2) in respect of each payment
transaction on paper or on another durable medium at least once per month free
of charge.[19]
(2) The information
referred to in paragraph (1) is the following –
(a) a
reference enabling the payee to identify the payment transaction and the payer,
and any information transferred with the payment transaction;
(b) the
amount of the payment transaction in the currency in which the payee’s
payment account is credited;
(c) the
amount of any charges payable by the payee for the payment transaction and,
where applicable, a breakdown of the amounts of such charges;
(d) where
applicable, the exchange rate used in the payment transaction by the
payee’s payment service provider, and the amount of the payment
transaction before that currency conversion;
(e) the
credit value date.[20]
(3) A framework contract
may include a condition that the information referred to in paragraph (2)
is to be provided or made available periodically at least once a month and in
an agreed manner which enables the payee to store and reproduce the information
unchanged.
(4) Paragraph (1) does
not require a payment service provider to provide information
where –
(a) the
information has been, or is to be, provided or made available in accordance
with a condition of the type referred to in paragraph (3); or
(b) more
than one month has passed since information was last provided, but there are no
payment transactions in respect of which the payment service provider has not
previously provided or made available information in accordance with paragraph (1)
or in accordance with a condition of the type referred to in paragraph (3).[21]
Common provisions
15 Communication
of information
(1) Subject to Regulation 3(2)(c),
any information provided or made available in accordance with this Part shall
be provided or made available –
(a) in
the case of single payment service contracts, in an easily accessible manner;
(b) subject
to paragraph (2), on paper or on another durable medium;
(c) in
easily understandable language and in a clear and comprehensible form; and
(d) in
English or in the language agreed by the parties.
(2) Paragraph (1)(b) –
(a) in
the case of single payment service contracts, applies only where the payment
service user so requests; and
(b) in
the case of framework contracts, is subject to any agreement in accordance with
Regulation 13(3) or 14(3) as to the manner in which information is to be
provided or made available.
16 Charges
for information
(1) A payment service
provider shall not charge for providing or making available information which
is required to be provided or made available by this Part.
(2) The payment service
provider and the payment service user may agree on charges for any information
which is provided at the request of the payment service user where such
information is –
(a) additional
to the information required to be provided or made available by this Part;
(b) provided
more frequently than is specified in this Part; or
(c) transmitted
by means of communication other than those specified in the framework contract.
(3) Any charges imposed
under paragraph (2) shall reasonably correspond to the payment service
provider’s actual costs.
17 Currency
and currency conversion
(1) Where a currency
conversion service is, before the initiation of a payment transaction, offered –
(a) at
the point of sale; or
(b) by
the payee,
the party offering the currency conversion service to the payer
shall disclose to the payer all charges as well as the exchange rate to be used
for converting the payment transaction.
(2) A person who fails to
comply with paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a
fine of level 3 on the standard scale.[22]
(3) In paragraph (2),
the reference to a person does not include the person who, in relation to the
payment transaction, is a payment service provider.
18 Information
on additional charges or reductions
(1) The payee shall inform
the payer of any charge requested or reduction offered by the payee for the use
of a particular payment instrument before the initiation of a payment
transaction.
(2) A payee who fails to
comply with paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a
fine of level 3 on the standard scale.[23]
(3) In paragraph (2),
the reference to a payee shall not include the person who, in relation to the
payment transaction, is a payment service provider.
(4) The payment service
provider, or any relevant other party involved in the transaction, shall
(before the initiation of a payment transaction) inform the payment service
user of any charge requested by the payment service provider or other party, as
the case may be, for the use of a particular payment instrument.[24]
(5) A person who (being
such other party) fails to comply with paragraph (4) shall be guilty of an
offence and liable to a fine of level 3 on the standard scale.[25]
(6) A payer or payment
service user is not obliged to pay a charge of the type referred to in
paragraph (1) or (4) if the payer or payment service user was not informed
of the full amount of the charge in accordance with the relevant paragraph.[26]
18A Burden
of Proof on payment service provider[27]
Where a payment service provider is alleged to have failed to
provide information in accordance with this Part, it is for the payment service
provider to prove that it provided the information in accordance with this
Part.
PART 3
IMPLEMENTATION of title IV of payment services
directive: Rights and Obligations in Relation to the Provision of Payment
Services
Application
19 Application
of Part 3
(1) This Part applies to payment
services where –
(a) the
services are provided from an establishment maintained by a payment service
provider in Jersey; and
(b) the
services are provided in one of the following circumstances –
(i) the payment
service providers of both the payer and the payee are located within the SEP
statutory area, or
(ii) the
payment service provider of either the payer or the payee, but not both, is
located within the SEP statutory area.[28]
(1A) In the circumstances mentioned in
paragraph (l)(b)(ii) –
(a) this
Part applies only in respect of those parts of a transaction which are carried
out in the SEP statutory area; and
(b) Regulations 21(2),
30, 31, 35, 36(1) and (2), 40, 41, 42 and 43 do not apply.[29]
(2) Except where the
payment service user is a consumer, the parties may agree that –
(a) any
or all of Regulations 21(1), 22(3) or (4), 27, 29, 30, 31, 34, 40, 41 and
42 do not apply;
(b) a
different period applies for the purposes of Regulation 26(1).
(3) This Part does not
apply to any payment transaction or service specified in Regulation 2(5).
(4) This Part shall
continue to apply to a payment service provided prior to 13th January 2018
as if the EU Legislation (Payment Services – SEPA) (Amendment)
(Jersey) Regulations 2017 had not been enacted.[30]
20 Disapplication
of certain Regulations in the case of low value payment instruments
(1) This Regulation applies
in respect of payment instruments which, under the framework contract governing
their use –
(a) can
be used only to execute individual payment transactions that do not exceed 30 euros
or, in relation to payment transactions executed wholly within Jersey, 60 euros;
or
(b) have
a spending limit of 150 euros, or where payment transactions are to be
executed wholly within Jersey, 300 euros.
(2) Where this Regulation
applies the parties may agree that –
(a) Regulations 24(1)(b),
25(1)(c), (d) and (e) and 29(4) do not apply where the payment instrument does
not allow for the stopping or prevention of its use;
(b) Regulations 27,
28 and 29(1) and (2) do not apply where the payment service provider is not in
a position, for reasons intrinsic to the nature of the payment instrument, to
prove that a payment transaction was authorized;
(c) despite Regulation 33(1),
the payment service provider is not required to notify
the payment service user of the refusal of a payment order if the non-execution
is apparent from the context;
(d) the
payer may not revoke the payment order under Regulation 34 after
transmitting the payment order or giving his or her consent to execute the
payment transaction to the payee;
(e) execution
periods other than those provided for by Regulations 36 and 37 apply.[31]
Charges
21 Charges
(1) The payment service
provider may charge the payment service user for the fulfilment of any of its
obligations under this Part only –
(a) in
accordance with Regulation 33(3), 34(6) or 39(2)(b);
(b) where
agreed between the parties; and
(c) where
such charges reasonably correspond to the payment service provider’s
actual costs.
(2) Where both the
payer’s and the payee’s payment service providers, or the only
payment service provider, in respect of a payment transaction are within the
SEP statutory area, the respective payment service providers shall ensure that –
(a) the
payee pays any charges levied by the payee’s payment service provider;
and
(b) the
payer pays any charges levied by the payer’s payment service provider.[32]
(3) The payee’s
payment service provider shall not prevent the payee from –
(a) requesting
payment of a charge by the payer for the use of a particular payment
instrument;
(b) offering
a reduction to the payer for the use of a particular payment instrument; or
(c) otherwise
steering the payer towards the use of a particular payment instrument.[33]
Authorization of payment transactions
22 Consent
and withdrawal of consent
(1) A payment transaction
shall be regarded as having been authorized by the payer for the purposes of
this Part only if the payer has given its consent to –
(a) the
execution of the payment transaction; or
(b) the
execution of a series of payment transactions of which that payment transaction
forms part.
(2) Such consent –
(a) may
be given before or, if agreed between the payer and its payment service
provider, after the execution of the payment transaction; and
(b) shall
be given in the form, and in accordance with the procedure, agreed between the
payer and its payment service provider.
(3) The payer may withdraw
its consent to a payment transaction at any time before the point at which the
payment order can no longer be revoked under Regulation 34.
(4) Subject to Regulation 34(3)
to (5), the payer may withdraw its consent to the execution of a series of
payment transactions at any time with the effect that any future payment transactions
are not regarded as authorized for the purposes of this Part.
23 Limits
on the use of payment instruments
(1) Where a specific
payment instrument is used for the purpose of giving consent to the execution
of a payment transaction, the payer and its payment service provider may agree
on spending limits for any payment transactions executed through that payment
instrument.
(2) A framework contract
may provide for the payment service provider to have the right to stop the use
of a payment instrument on reasonable grounds relating to –
(a) the
security of the payment instrument;
(b) the
suspected unauthorized or fraudulent use of the payment instrument; or
(c) in
the case of a payment instrument with a credit line, a significantly increased
risk that the payer may be unable to fulfil its liability to pay.
(3) Subject to paragraphs (4)
and (5), the payment service provider shall, in the manner agreed between the
payment service provider and the payer and before carrying out any measures to
stop the use of the payment instrument –
(a) inform
the payer that it intends to stop the use of the payment instrument; and
(b) give
its reasons for doing so.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5),
where the payment service provider is unable to inform the payer in accordance
with paragraph (3) before carrying out any measures to stop the use of the
payment instrument, it shall do so immediately after.
(5) Paragraphs (3) and
(4) do not apply where provision of the information in accordance with paragraph (3)
would compromise reasonable security measures or is otherwise unlawful.
(6) The payment service
provider shall allow the use of the payment instrument or replace it with a new
payment instrument as soon as practicable after the reasons for stopping its
use cease to exist.
24 Obligations
of the payment service user in relation to payment instruments and personalized security
credentials[34]
(1) A payment service user
to whom a payment instrument has been issued shall –
(a) use
the payment instrument in accordance with the terms and conditions governing
its issue and use; and
(b) notify
the payment service provider in the agreed manner and without undue delay on
becoming aware of the loss, theft, misappropriation or unauthorized use of the
payment instrument.
(2) Paragraph (l)(a)
applies only in relation to terms and conditions that are objective,
non-discriminatory and proportionate.[35]
(3) The payment service
user shall take all reasonable steps to keep safe personalized security
credentials relating to a payment instrument.[36]
25 Obligations
of the payment service provider in relation to payment instruments
(1) A payment service
provider issuing a payment instrument shall –
(a) ensure
that the personalized security credentials are not accessible to persons other
than the payment service user to whom the payment instrument has been issued;
(b) not
send an unsolicited payment instrument, except where a payment instrument
already issued to a payment service user is to be replaced;
(c) ensure
that appropriate means are available at all times to enable the payment service
user –
(i) to notify the
payment service provider in accordance with Regulation 24(1)(b), or
(ii) to
request that, in accordance with Regulation 23(6), the use of the payment
instrument is no longer stopped;
(d) on
request, provide the payment service user at any time during a period of 18 months
after the alleged date of a notification under Regulation 24(1)(b) with
the means to prove that such notification to the payment service provider was
made;
(e) provide
the payment service user with an option to make a notification under Regulation 24(1)(b)
free of charge, and ensure that any costs charged are directly attributed to
the replacement of the payment instrument;
(f) prevent
any use of the payment instrument once notification has been made under Regulation 24(1)(b).[37]
(2) The payment service
provider bears the risk of sending to the payment service user a payment
instrument or any personalized security credentials relating to it.[38]
(3) Nothing in paragraph (1)(a)
affects the obligations of the payment service user under Regulation 24.
26 Notification
of unauthorized or incorrectly executed payment transactions
(1) A payment service user
is entitled to redress under Regulation 28, 40, 41 or 42 only if it
notifies the payment service provider without undue delay, and in any event no
later than 13 months after the debit date, on becoming aware of any
unauthorized or incorrectly executed payment transaction.
(2) Where the payment
service provider has failed to provide or make available information concerning
the payment transaction in accordance with Part 2, the payment service
user is entitled to redress under the Regulations referred to in paragraph (1)
notwithstanding that the payment service user has failed to notify the payment
service provider as mentioned in that paragraph.
27 Evidence
on authentication and execution of payment transactions
(1) Where a payment service
user –
(a) denies
having authorized an executed payment transaction; or
(b) claims
that a payment transaction has not been correctly executed,
it shall be for the payment service provider to prove that the
payment transaction was authenticated, accurately recorded, entered in the
payment service provider’s accounts and not affected by a technical
breakdown or some other deficiency in the service provided by the payment
service provider.[39]
(2) Where a payment service
user denies having authorized an executed payment transaction, the use of a
payment instrument recorded by the payment service provider shall not in itself
necessarily be sufficient to prove that –
(a) the
payment transaction was authorized by the payer; or
(b) the
payer acted fraudulently or failed with intent or gross negligence to comply
with Regulation 24.[40]
(3) If a payment service provider
claims that a payer acted fraudulently or failed with intent or gross
negligence to comply with Regulation 24, the payment service provider
shall provide supporting evidence to the payer.[41]
28 Payment service
provider’s liability for unauthorized payment transactions[42]
(1) Subject to
Regulations 26 and 27, where an executed payment transaction was not
authorized in accordance with Regulation 22, the payment service provider
shall –
(a) refund
the amount of the unauthorized payment transaction to the payer; and
(b) where
applicable, restore the debited payment account to the state it would have been
in had the unauthorized payment transaction not taken place.
(2) The payment service
provider shall provide a refund under paragraph (l)(a) as soon as practicable,
and in any event no later than the end of the business day following the day on
which it becomes aware of the unauthorized payment transaction.
(3) Paragraph (2) does
not apply where the payment service provider has reasonable grounds to suspect fraudulent
behaviour by the payment service user and notifies a police officer mentioned
in Article 33(1)(a) or (b) of the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey)
Law 1999 of those grounds in writing.
(4) When crediting a
payment account under paragraph (1)(b), a payment service provider shall
ensure that the credit value date is no later than the date on which the amount
of the unauthorized payment transaction was debited.
29 Payer’s or
payee’s liability for unauthorized payment transactions[43]
(1) Subject to paragraphs (2),
(3) and (4), a payment service provider which is liable under
Regulation 28(1) may require that the payer is liable up to a maximum of
£35 for any losses incurred in respect of unauthorized payment
transactions arising from the use of a lost or stolen payment instrument, or
from the misappropriation of a payment instrument.
(2) Paragraph (1) does
not apply if –
(a) the
loss, theft or misappropriation of the payment instrument was not detectable by
the payer prior to the payment, except where the payer acted fraudulently; or
(b) the
loss was caused by acts or omissions of an employee, agent or branch of a
payment service provider or of an entity which carried out activities on behalf
of the payment service provider.
(3) The payer shall be
liable for all losses incurred in respect of an unauthorized payment
transaction where the payer –
(a) has
acted fraudulently; or
(b) has
with intent or gross negligence failed to comply with Regulation 24.
(4) Except where the payer
has acted fraudulently, the payer shall not be liable for any losses incurred
in respect of an unauthorized payment transaction –
(a) arising
after notification under Regulation 24(1)(b);
(b) where
the payment service provider has failed at any time to provide, in accordance
with Regulation 25(1)(c), appropriate means for notification; or
(c) where
Regulation 44B requires the application of strong customer authentication,
but the payer’s payment service provider does not require strong customer
authentication.
(5) Where
Regulation 44B requires the application of strong customer authentication,
but the payee or the payee’s payment service provider does not accept
strong customer authentication, the payee or the payee’s payment service
provider, or both (as the case may be) shall compensate the payer’s
payment service provider for the losses incurred or sums paid as a result of
complying with Regulation 28(1).
30 Refunds
for payment transactions initiated by or through a payee
(1) Where the conditions in
paragraph (2) and the requirement in Regulation 31(1) are satisfied,
the payer shall be entitled to a refund from its payment service provider of
the full amount of any authorized payment transaction initiated by or through
the payee.
(2) The conditions are that –
(a) the
authorization did not specify the exact amount of the payment transaction when
the authorization was given in accordance with Regulation 22; and
(b) the
amount of the payment transaction exceeded the amount that the payer could
reasonably have expected taking into account the payer’s previous
spending pattern, the conditions of the framework contract and the
circumstances of the case.
(3) The payer shall be
entitled to an unconditional refund from its payment service provider of the
full amount of any direct debit transactions of the type referred to in Article 1
of Regulation (EU) No. 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and business
requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending
Regulation (EC) No 924/2009 (OJ
L 94, 30.3.2012, p. 22).[44]
(4) When crediting a
payment account under paragraph (1), a payment service provider shall
ensure that the credit value date is no later than the date on which the amount
of the unauthorized payment transaction was debited.[45]
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b),
the payer cannot rely on currency exchange fluctuations where the reference
exchange rate provided under Regulation 4(2)(d) or paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 1
was applied.
(6) The payer and payment
service provider may agree in the framework contract that the right to a refund
does not apply where –
(a) the
payer has given consent directly to the payment service provider for the payment
transaction to be executed; and
(b) if
applicable, information on the payment transaction was provided or made
available in an agreed manner to the payer for at least 4 weeks before the
due date by the payment service provider or by the payee.
31 Requests
for refunds for payment transactions initiated by or through a payee
(1) The payer shall request
a refund under Regulation 30 from its payment service provider within
8 weeks from the date on which the funds were debited.
(2) The payment service provider
may require the payer to provide such information as is reasonably necessary to
prove that the conditions in Regulation 30(2) are satisfied.[46]
(3) The payment service
provider shall either –
(a) refund
the full amount of the payment transaction; or
(b) provide
justification for refusing to refund the payment transaction, indicating the
bodies to which the payer may refer the matter if the payer does not accept the
justification provided.[47]
(4) Any refund or
justification for refusing a refund shall be provided within 10 business
days of receiving a request for a refund or, where applicable, within
10 business days of receiving any further information requested under
paragraph (2).[48]
(5) If the payment service
provider requires further information under paragraph (2), it may not
refuse the refund until it has received further information from the payer.[49]
Execution of payment transactions
32 Receipt
of payment orders
(1) A payer’s payment
service provider shall not debit the payment account before receipt of a
payment order.[50]
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3)
to (6), for the purposes of these Regulations the time of receipt of a payment
order is the time at which the payment order is received by the payer's payment
service provider.[51]
(3) If the time of receipt of
a payment order does not fall on a business day for the payer’s payment
service provider, the payment order shall be taken to have been received on the
first business day thereafter.
(4) The payment service
provider may set a time towards the end of a business day after which any
payment order received shall be taken to have been received on the following
business day.
(5) Where the payment
service user initiating a payment order agrees with its payment service
provider that execution of the payment order is to take place –
(a) on a
specific day;
(b) on
the last day of a certain period; or
(c) on
the day on which the payer has put funds at the disposal of its payment service
provider,
the time of receipt shall be taken to be the day so agreed.
(6) If the day agreed under
paragraph (5) is not a business day for the payer’s payment service
provider, the payment order shall be taken to have been received on the first
business day thereafter.[52]
33 Refusal
of payment orders
(1) Subject to paragraph (4),
where a payment service provider refuses to execute a payment order, it shall
notify the payment service user of –
(a) the
refusal;
(b) if
possible, the reasons for such refusal; and
(c) where
it is possible to provide reasons for the refusal and those reasons relate to
factual matters, the procedure for rectifying any factual errors that led to
the refusal.
(2) Any notification under paragraph (1)
shall be given or made available in an agreed manner and at the earliest
opportunity, and in any event within the periods specified in Regulation 36.
(3) The framework contract
may provide for the payment service provider to charge the payment service user
for such refusal where the refusal is reasonably justified.[53]
(4) The payment service
provider is not required to notify the payment service user under paragraph (1)
where such notification would be otherwise unlawful.
(5) Where all the
conditions set out in the payer’s framework contract with the account
servicing payment service provider have been satisfied, the account servicing
payment service provider shall not refuse to execute an authorized payment
order irrespective of whether the payment order is initiated by the payer or by
or through a payee, unless such execution is otherwise unlawful.[54]
(6) For the purposes of Regulations 36,
40 and 41 a payment order of which execution has been refused shall be taken
not to have been received.
34 Revocation
of a payment order
(1) Subject to paragraphs (2)
to (5), a payment service user shall not revoke a payment order after it has
been received by the payer’s payment service provider.
(2) In the case of a
payment transaction initiated by or through the payee, the payer shall not
revoke the payment order after giving consent to execute the payment
transaction to the payee.[55]
(3) In the case of a direct
debit, the payer shall not revoke the payment order after the end of the
business day preceding the day agreed for debiting the funds.
(4) Where a day is agreed
under Regulation 32(5), the payment service user shall not revoke a
payment order after the end of the business day preceding the agreed day.[56]
(5) At any time after the
time limits for revocation set out in paragraphs (1) to (4), the
payment order may be revoked only if the revocation is –
(a) agreed
between the payment service user and the relevant payment service provider or
providers; and
(b) in
the case of a payment transaction initiated by or through the payee, including
in the case of a direct debit, also agreed with the payee.[57]
(6) A framework contract
may provide for the relevant payment service provider to charge for revocation
under this Regulation.[58]
35 Amounts
transferred and amounts received
(1) Subject to paragraph (2),
the payment service providers of the payer and payee shall ensure that the full
amount of the payment transaction is transferred and that no charges are
deducted from the amount transferred.
(2) The payee and its
payment service provider may agree for the relevant payment service provider to
deduct its charges from the amount transferred before crediting it to the payee
provided that the full amount of the payment transaction and the amount of the
charges are clearly stated in the information provided to the payee.[59]
(3) If charges other than
those provided for by paragraph (2) are deducted from the amount
transferred –
(a) in
the case of a payment transaction initiated by the payer, the payer’s
payment service provider shall ensure that the payee receives the full amount
of the payment transaction;
(b) in
the case of a payment transaction initiated by the payee, the payee’s
payment service provider shall ensure that the payee receives the full amount
of the payment transaction.[60]
Execution time and value date
36 Payment
transactions to a payment account
(1) Subject to paragraph (2),
the payer’s payment service provider shall ensure that the amount of the
payment transaction is credited to the payee’s payment service
provider’s account by the end of the business day following the time of
receipt of the payment order.[61]
(2) Where a payment
transaction is initiated by way of a paper payment order, the reference in paragraph (1)
to the end of the business day following the time of receipt of the payment
order shall be treated as a reference to the end of the second business day
following the time of receipt of the payment order.
(3) The payee’s
payment service provider shall value-date and credit the amount of the payment
transaction to the payee’s payment account following its receipt of the
funds.
(4) The payee’s
payment service provider shall transmit a payment order initiated by or through
the payee to the payer’s payment service provider within the time limits
agreed between the payee and its payment service provider, enabling settlement
in respect of a direct debit to occur on the agreed due date.
37 Absence
of payee’s payment account with the payment service provider
(1) Paragraph (2)
applies where a payment service provider accepts funds on behalf of a payee who
does not have a payment account with that payment service provider.
(2) The payment service
provider shall make the funds available to the payee immediately after the
funds have been credited to that payment service provider’s account.
38 Value
date and availability of funds
(1) The credit value date
for the payee’s payment account shall be no later than the business day
on which the amount of the payment transaction is credited to the account of
the payee’s payment service provider.
(2) Paragraph (3)
applies where –
(a) the
transaction does not involve a currency conversion;
(b) the
transaction involves only a currency conversion between the euro and pounds
sterling or another member State currency, between pounds sterling and another
member State currency, or between two other member State currencies; or
(c) the
transaction involves only one payment service provider.[62]
(3) The payee’s
payment service provider shall ensure that the amount of the payment
transaction is at the payee’s disposal immediately after that amount has
been credited to that payment service provider’s account.
(4) The debit value date
for the payer’s payment account shall be no earlier than the time at
which the amount of the payment transaction is debited to that payment account.
Liability
39 Incorrect
unique identifiers
(1) Where a payment order
is executed in accordance with the unique identifier, the payment order shall
be taken to have been correctly executed by each payment service provider
involved in executing the payment order with respect to the payee specified by
the unique identifier.
(2) Where the unique
identifier provided by the payment service user is incorrect, the payment
service provider shall not be liable under Regulation 40 or 41 for
non-execution or defective execution of the payment transaction, but the
payment service provider –
(a) shall
make reasonable efforts to recover the funds involved in the payment
transaction; and
(b) may,
if agreed in the framework contract, charge the payment service user for any
such recovery.
(3) The payee’s payment
service provider shall co-operate with the payer’s payment service
provider in its efforts to recover the funds, in particular by providing to the
payer’s payment service provider all relevant information for the
collection of funds.[63]
(4) If the payer’s
payment service provider is unable to recover the funds it shall, on receipt of
a written request, provide to the payer all available relevant information in
order for the payer to claim repayment of the funds.[64]
(5) Where the payment
service user provides information additional to that referred to in
Regulation 4(2)(a) or paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 1, the payment
service provider shall be liable only for the execution of payment transactions
in accordance with the unique identifier provided by the payment service user.[65]
40 Non-execution
or defective or late execution of payment transactions initiated by the payer[66]
(1) This Regulation applies
where a payment order is initiated directly by the payer.
(2) The payer’s
payment service provider shall be liable to the payer for the correct execution
of the payment transaction unless it can prove to the payer and, where
relevant, to the payee’s payment service provider, that the payee’s
payment service provider received the amount of the payment transaction in accordance
with Regulation 36(1) and (2).
(3) Where the payer’s
payment service provider is liable under paragraph (2), it shall without
undue delay refund to the payer the amount of the non-executed or defective
payment transaction and, where applicable, restore the debited payment account
to the state in which it would have been had the defective payment transaction
not taken place.
(4) The credit value date
for a credit under paragraph (3) shall be no later than the date on which
the amount was debited.
(5) If the payer’s
payment service provider proves that the payee's payment service provider
received the amount of the payment transaction in accordance with
Regulation 36, the payee’s payment service provider shall be liable
to the payee for the correct execution of the payment transaction and
shall –
(a) immediately
make available the amount of the payment transaction to the payee; and
(b) where
applicable, credit the corresponding amount to the payee’s payment
account.
(6) The credit value date
for a credit under paragraph (5)(b) shall be no later than the date on
which the amount would have been value dated if the transaction had been
executed correctly.
(7) Where a payment
transaction is executed late, the payee’s payment service provider shall,
on receipt of a request from the payer’s payment service provider on
behalf of the payer, ensure that the credit value date for the payee’s
payment account is no later than the date the amount would have been value
dated if the transaction had been executed correctly.
(8) Regardless of liability
under this Regulation, the payer’s payment service provider shall, on
request by the payer, immediately and without charge –
(a) make
efforts to trace any non-executed or defectively executed payment transaction;
and
(b) notify
the payer of the outcome.
41 Non-execution
or defective or late execution of payment transactions initiated by the payee[67]
(1) This Regulation applies
where a payment order is initiated by the payee.
(2) The payee’s
payment service provider shall be liable to the payee for the correct
transmission of the payment order to the payer's payment service provider in
accordance with Regulation 36(4).
(3) Where the payee’s
payment service provider is liable under paragraph (2), it shall
immediately re-transmit the payment order in question to the payer’s
payment service provider.
(4) The payee’s
payment service provider shall also ensure that the transaction is handled in
accordance with Regulation 38, such that the amount of the
transaction –
(a) is at
the payee’s disposal immediately after it is credited to the
payee’s payment service provider’s account; and
(b) is
value dated on the payee’s payment account no later than the date the
amount would have been value dated if the transaction had been executed correctly.
(5) The payee’s
payment service provider shall, on request by the payee and free of charge,
make immediate efforts to trace the payment transaction and notify the payee of
the outcome.
(6) Subject to paragraph (8),
if the payee’s payment service provider proves to the payee and, where
relevant, to the payer’s payment service provider, that it is not liable
under paragraph (2) in respect of a non-executed or defectively executed
payment transaction, the payer’s payment service provider shall be liable
to the payer and shall, as appropriate and immediately –
(a) refund
to the payer the amount of the payment transaction; and
(b) restore
the debited payment account to the state in which it would have been had the
defective payment transaction not taken place.
(7) The credit value date
for a credit under paragraph (6)(b) shall be no later than the date on
which the amount was debited.
(8) If the payer’s
payment service provider proves that the payee’s payment service provider
has received the amount of the payment transaction, paragraph (6) does not
apply and the payee’s payment service provider shall value date the
amount on the payee’s payment account no later than the date the amount
would have been value dated if the transaction had been executed correctly.
42 Liability
of payment service provider for charges and interest[68]
A payment service provider shall be liable to its payment service
user for –
(a) any charges for which
the payment service user is responsible; and
(b) any interest which the
payment service user must pay,
as a consequence of the non-execution or defective or late execution
of the payment transaction.
43 Right
of recourse[69]
Where the liability of a payment service provider under
Regulation 28, 40 or 41 is attributable to another payment service
provider or an intermediary, including where there is a failure to use strong
customer authentication as required by Regulation 44B, the other payment
service provider or intermediary shall compensate the first-mentioned provider
for any losses incurred or sums paid pursuant to those Regulations.
44 Force
majeure
(1) A person shall not be
liable for any contravention of a requirement imposed on it under this Part
where the contravention is due to abnormal and unforeseeable circumstances
beyond the person’s control, the consequences of which would have been
unavoidable despite all efforts to the contrary.
(2) A payment service
provider shall not be liable for any contravention of a requirement imposed on
it under this Part where the contravention is due to the obligations of the
payment service provider under other provisions of Jersey law.
44A Consent
for use of personal data[70]
A payment service provider shall not access, process or retain any
personal data for the provision of payment services by it unless it has the
explicit consent of the payment service user to do so.
44B Authentication[71]
(1) A payment service
provider shall in accordance with regulatory technical standards adopted under
Article 98 of the Payment Services Directive apply strong customer
authentication where a payment service user –
(a) accesses
its payment account online;
(b) initiates
an electronic payment transaction; or
(c) carries
out any action through a remote channel which may imply a risk of payment fraud
or other abuses.
(2) Where a payer initiates
an electronic remote payment transaction, the payment service provider shall in
accordance with regulatory technical standards adopted under Article 98 of
the Payment Services Directive apply strong customer authentication that includes
elements which dynamically link the transaction to a specific amount and a
specific payee.
(3) A payment service
provider shall maintain adequate security measures to protect the
confidentiality and integrity of payment service users’ personalized security
credentials.
(4) Paragraphs (1),
(2) and (3) are subject to any exemptions from the requirements in those
paragraphs provided for in regulatory technical standards adopted under Article 98
of the Payment Services Directive.
PART 4
IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 5 of REGULATION (EU)
No 260/2012
45 Interpretation
of Part 4
In this Part –
“collection” means a part of a SEPA direct debit
transaction starting from its initiation by the payee until its end through the
normal debiting of the payer’s payment account;
“ISO 20022 XML standard” means a standard for the
development of electronic financial messages as defined by the International
Organization for Standardization, encompassing the physical representation of
the payment transactions in XML syntax, in accordance with business rules and
implementation guidelines for schemes for payment transactions falling within
the scope of this Part;
“large-value payment system” means a payment system the
main purpose of which is to process, clear or settle single payment
transactions of high priority and urgency, and primarily of large amounts;
“mandate” means the expression of consent and
authorization given by the payer to the payee and (directly, or indirectly via
the payee) to the payer’s payment service provider to allow the payee to
initiate a collection for debiting the payer’s specified payment account
and to allow the payer’s payment service provider to comply with such
instructions;
“microenterprise” means a microenterprise within the
meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC;
“reference party” means a natural or legal person on
behalf of whom a payer makes a payment or a payee receives a payment;
“retail payment system” means a payment system that is
not a large-value payment system and the main purpose of which is to process,
clear or settle SEPA credit transfers, or SEPA direct debits, that are
generally bundled together for transmission and are primarily of small amount
and low priority;
“settlement date” means a date on which obligations with
respect to the transfer of funds are discharged between the payer’s
payment service provider and the payee’s payment service provider.
46 Object
of Part 4
The object of this Part is to make provision for the implementation
of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and
business requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009
(OJ L 94, 30.3.2012, p. 22).
47 Application
of Part 4
(1) This Part applies to
SEPA credit transfer transactions and SEPA direct debit transactions where both
the payer’s payment service provider and the payee’s payment
service provider are located in the SEP statutory area, or where the sole
payment service provider involved in the transaction is located in the SEP
statutory area.
(2) This Part does not
apply to the following –
(a) a
payment transaction carried out between payment service providers or their
branches, or between a payment service provider and one or more of its
branches, for their own account;
(b) a
payment transaction processed and settled through a large-value payment system,
other than a SEPA direct debit which the payer has not explicitly requested be
routed via a large-value payment system;
(c) a
payment transaction through a payment card or similar device, including a cash
withdrawal, unless the card or device is used only to generate the information
required to make directly a SEPA credit transfer to, or a SEPA direct debit
from, a payment account identified by BBAN or IBAN;
(d) a
payment transaction by means of any telecommunication device, digital device or
information technology device, unless the payment transaction results in a SEPA
credit transfer to, or a SEPA direct debit from, a payment account identified
by BBAN or IBAN;
(e) a
transaction of money remittance as defined in point (13) of Article 4 of
the Payments Services Directive;
(f) a
payment transaction transferring electronic money, unless the transaction
results in a SEPA credit transfer to, or a SEPA direct debit from, a payment
account identified by BBAN or IBAN.
(3) Where payment schemes
are based on payment transactions by SEPA credit transfers or SEPA direct
debits but have additional optional features or services, this Part applies
only to the underlying SEPA credit transfers or SEPA direct debits.
48 Requirements
for credit transfer and direct debit transactions
(1) Payment service
providers shall carry out SEPA credit transfer transactions and SEPA direct
debit transactions in accordance with the following requirements –
(a) they
shall use the payment account identifier specified in paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 2
for the identification of payment accounts regardless of the location of the
payment service providers concerned;
(b) they
shall use a message format specified in paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 2
when transmitting payment transactions to another payment service provider or
via a retail payment system;
(c) they
shall ensure that payment service users use the payment account identifier
specified in paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 2 for the identification of
payment accounts, whether the payer’s payment service provider and the
payee’s payment service provider in the payment transaction are, or the
sole payment service provider in the payment transaction is, located in the
same country or territory in the SEP statutory area or in different countries,
in different territories, or in a country and a territory;
(d) they
shall ensure that where a payment service user that is not a consumer or a
microenterprise initiates or receives individual credit transfers or individual
direct debits which are not transmitted individually, but are bundled together
for transmission, a message format specified in paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 2
is used.
(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (1)(b),
a payment service provider shall, on the specific request of a payment service
user, use a message format specified in paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 2
in relation to that payment service user.
(3) In relation to a SEPA
credit transfer –
(a) the
payer’s payment service provider shall ensure that the payer provides the
data elements specified in paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 2;
(b) the
payer’s payment service provider shall provide the data elements
specified in paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 2 to the payee’s
payment service provider; and
(c) the
payee’s payment service provider shall provide or make available to the
payee the data elements specified in paragraph 2(d) of Schedule 2.
(4) In relation to a SEPA
direct debit –
(a) the
payee’s payment service provider shall ensure that –
(i) the payee
provides the data elements specified in paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 2
with the first SEPA direct debit (or one-off SEPA direct debit) and with each
of any subsequent SEPA direct debit,
(ii) the
payer gives consent both to the payee and to the payer’s payment service
provider (directly, or indirectly via the payee),
(iii) the
mandates, together with any later modifications or any later cancellation, are
stored by the payee or a third party on behalf of the payee,
(iv) the
payee is informed of the obligation under clause (iii) by the payment
service provider in accordance with Regulation 8;
(b) the
payee’s payment service provider shall provide the payer’s payment
service provider with the data elements specified in paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 2;
(c) the
payer’s payment service provider shall provide or make available to the
payer the data elements specified in paragraph 3(c) of Schedule 2;
(d) the
payer shall have the right to instruct its payment service provider to do any
one or more of the following –
(i) to limit a SEPA
direct debit collection to a certain amount or to a certain periodicity or
both,
(ii) where
a mandate under a payment scheme does not provide for the right to a refund, to
verify each SEPA direct debit transaction, and to check, according to the
mandate-related information, whether the amount and periodicity of the
submitted SEPA direct debit transaction is equal to the amount and periodicity
agreed in the mandate, before debiting the payer’s payment account,
(iii) to
block any SEPA direct debits to the payer’s payment account or to block
any SEPA direct debits initiated by one or more specified payees or to
authorize SEPA direct debits only if initiated by one or more specified payees.
(5) However, if neither the
payer nor the payee is a consumer, payment service providers are not required
to comply with paragraph (4)(d).
(6) The payer’s
payment service provider shall inform the payer of the rights specified in paragraph (4)(d)
in accordance with Regulation 8.
(7) On the occasion of the
first SEPA direct debit transaction or of a one-off SEPA direct debit
transaction, and on the occasion of each of any subsequent SEPA direct debit
transactions, the payee shall send the mandate-related information to his or
her payment service provider and the payee’s payment service provider
shall transmit that mandate-related information to the payer’s payment
service provider with each SEPA direct debit transaction.
(8) In addition to the
requirements referred to in paragraph (1), a payee who accepts a SEPA
credit transfer –
(a) shall
communicate to the payer his or her payment account identifier (as referred to
in paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 2); and
(b) if
necessary, shall communicate, if the acceptance occurs before 31 October 2016,
his or her payment service provider’s BIC to the payer when a credit
transfer is requested.
(9) Before the first direct
debit transaction a payer –
(a) shall
communicate to the payee his or her payment account identifier (as referred to
in paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 2); and
(b) if
necessary, shall communicate, if the transaction occurs before
31 October 2016, his or her payment service provider’s BIC to
the payee.
(10) Where the framework agreement
between the payer and the payer’s payment service provider does not
provide for the right to a refund, the payer’s payment service provider
shall, without prejudice to paragraph (4)(a)(ii), verify each direct debit
transaction to check whether, according to the mandate-related information, the
amount of the submitted direct debit transaction is equal to the amount and
periodicity agreed in the mandate before debiting the payer’s payment
account.
(11) On and from 31 October 2016,
payment service providers shall not require payment service users to indicate
the BIC of the payment service provider of a payer or of the payment service
provider of a payee.
(12) The payer’s payment
service provider and the payee’s payment service provider shall not levy
additional charges or other fees on the read-out process to automatically
generate a mandate for those payment transactions that are initiated through or
by means of a payment card at the point of sale and result in a direct debit.
(13) Nothing in this Regulation
affects the operation of the Data Protection (Jersey)
Law 2018.[72]
49 Transitional
provisions
(1) Until 31 October 2016,
a payment service provider may provide a payment service user with conversion
services for national SEPA payments enabling a payment service user that is a
consumer to continue using a BBAN instead of the payment account identifier
specified in paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 2, on condition that
interoperability is ensured by converting the payer’s and the
payee’s BBAN technically and securely into the respective payment account
identifier specified in paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 2.
(2) That payment account identifier
shall be delivered to the initiating payment service user, where appropriate,
before the payment is executed.
(3) In such a case a
payment service provider shall not levy any charges or other fees on the
payment service user directly or indirectly linked to those conversion
services.
(4) The Minister may by
Order waive all or some of the following requirements –
(a) in
the case of credit transfers, the technical requirements set out in Regulation 48(1),
(2), (3) and (8) and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 2;
(b) in
the case of direct debits, the requirements set out in Regulation 48(1),
(2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10) and (12) and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 2,
for those payment transactions generated using a payment card at the
point of sale which result in a SEPA direct debit to and from a payment account
identified by BBAN or IBAN before 31 October 2016.
(5) Until 31 October 2016,
the Minister may by Order, waive the specific requirement under Regulation 48(1)(d)
to use the message formats specified in paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 2
for payment service users that initiate or receive individual credit transfers
or direct debits that are bundled together for transmission.
(6) Despite any such
waiver, a payment service provider shall comply with Regulation 48(1)(d)
if a payment service user requests that the provider comply with that
sub-paragraph.
(7) The Minister may by
Order defer the requirements relating to the provision of a BIC for national
SEPA payments in Regulation 48(8), (9) and (11) until 31 October 2016.
PART 5
Miscellaneous
50 Supervision
The Commission shall –
(a) effectively
monitor payment service providers; and
(b) take
the necessary measures for the purpose of securing the compliance by payment
service providers with the requirements of these Regulations.
51 Monitoring
and enforcement powers of Commission
(1) The
Commission, an officer or an agent may serve a notice in writing on –
(a) a
person who is or was a payment service provider;
(b) a
person who, in relation to a payment service provider, is or was a principal
person or key person;
(c) a
person who is or was an associate of such a principal person; or
(d) a
person who appears to the Commission to be in possession of information or
documents of the kind mentioned in paragraph (2).
(2) A
notice under paragraph (1) may require the person on whom it is served to,
at the place and time specified in the notice –
(a) to
provide the Commission, an officer or an agent, at such times and places as are
specified in the notice, with such information or documents as are specified in
the notice and as the Commission, an officer or an agent reasonably requires
the person to provide for the purpose of effectively monitoring or ensuring
compliance with the requirements of these Regulations; or
(b) to
attend at such times and places as may be specified in the notice and answer
such questions as the Commission, an officer or an agent reasonably requires
the person to answer for the purpose of effectively monitoring or ensuring
compliance with the requirements of these Regulations.
(3) The
Commission may appoint one or more competent persons to investigate and report
to the Commission as to whether a payment service provider has complied with
these Regulations.
(4) Article 32(4)
to (6) and (8) to (13) of the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998, as modified by paragraph (7), shall apply to a notice under paragraphs (1)
and (2) of this Regulation as if it were a notice under paragraph (1) of
that Article.
(5) Article 33(2)
to (12) of the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998, as modified by paragraph (7), shall apply to an appointment
under paragraph (3) as if it were an appointment under Article 33(1)
of that Law.
(5A) Article 6
of the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998 shall apply to a person appointed under paragraph (3) in
relation to anything the person does, or omits to do, in the discharge or
purported discharge of any function under that Law as applied by this
Regulation.
(6) The
following provisions of the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998, as modified by paragraph (7), shall also apply for the
purposes of these Regulations –
(a) Article 18
(except the reference in paragraph (7) to a report under Article 8(5));
(b) Article 23;
(c) Article 24
(except –
(i) paragraph (1)(a),
(b), and (e), and
(ii) paragraph (1)(c)
to the extent that paragraph (1)(c) refers to a contravention otherwise
than of a provision of Article 28(1), (3) or (4));
(d) Article 25
(except –
(i) the reference in paragraph (a)
to a direction under Article 16,
(ii) paragraph (b),
and
(iii) the
reference in paragraph (c) to –
(A) Article 24(1)(a),
(b), and (e), and
(B) Article 24(1)(c)
to the extent that Article 24(1)(c) refers to a contravention otherwise
than of a provision of Article 28(1), (3) or (4));
(e) Articles 25A,
25B and 25C;
(f) Article 26
(except –
(i) paragraphs (1)(a)(i)
and (ii) and (2),
(ii) the
reference in paragraph (1)(a)(iii)) to –
(A) Article 24(1)(a),
(b), and (e), and
(B) Article 24(1)(c)
to the extent that Article 24(1)(c) refers to a contravention otherwise
than of a provision of Article 28(1), (3) or (4); and
(iii) the
reference in paragraph (3) to paragraph (2));
(g) Article 28
(except paragraph (2));
(h) Article 34
(except –
(i) paragraph (1)(a),
and
(ii) the
reference in paragraph (1)(f) to a notice served otherwise than under Article 23(1));
(i) Article 35;
(j) Article 36
(except paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (c), (6)(a) and (7));
(k) Articles 37
to 39;
(l) Articles 40
and 41.[73]
(7) In
the provisions of the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998 applied by paragraphs (4) to (6) –
(a) a
reference to a registered person shall be construed as a reference to a payment
service provider;
(b) a
reference to financial service business means financial service business
conducted in carrying out any payment service;
(c) a
reference to a notice under Article 32(1), to questions put under Article 32(1)(b)
or to information or documents required under that Article shall be construed,
respectively, as a reference to a notice, to questions put, or to information
or documents required, by notice under paragraph (1) of this Regulation;
(d) a
reference to an appointment, or person appointed, under Article 33(1) or
to an investigation under that Article shall be construed respectively as a
reference to an appointment or person appointed, or to an investigation, under paragraph (3)
of this Regulation;
(e) a
reference to information and requirements under the Law shall be construed as a
reference to information and requirements under these Regulations;
(f) a
reference to the functions of the Commission under the Law shall be construed
as a reference to the functions of the Commission under these Regulations;
(g) a
reference to an offence under the Law shall be construed as a reference to an
offence under the provisions of the Law as they are applied by this Regulation
and shall include a reference to an offence under these Regulations.
(8) Where
a provision of the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998 is applied by this Regulation, a reference in any other enactment
(including in that Law) to the provision shall be taken to include a reference
to that provision as so applied.
(9) In
this Regulation “associate of a principal person”, “key
person”, and “principal person”, in relation to a payment
service provider have the same meanings as they have in the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998 in relation to a registered person.
52 Orders
amending these Regulations
The Minister may, for the purpose of ensuring that these
Regulations are in harmony with EU instruments (including the purpose of
extending the operation of these Regulations to further payment services or
further payment transactions), by Order amend –
(a) any
reference in these Regulations to an EU instrument;
(b) Regulation 1;
or
(c) Schedule 1
or 2.
53 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the EU Legislation (Payment
Services – SEPA) (Jersey) Regulations 2015.