European Communities (Cross Border Payments in Euro) Regulations, 2002

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 335/2002
• Year: 2002

I, Charlie McCreevy, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving effect to Regulation (EC) No. 2560/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 20011 , hereby make the following regulations: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Cross Border Payments in Euro) Regulations 2002. 2. (1) In these Regulations -

“Director” means the Director of Consumer Affairs;

“Parliament and Council Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 2560/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 20011 ;

“records” means records relating to charges levied by the institution.

(2) A word or expression which is used in these Regulations and which is also used in the Parliament and Council Regulation has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the Parliament and Council Regulation. 3. (1) The Director may appoint such and so many persons he or she thinks fit to be authorised officers for the purposes of these Regulations, and may revoke any such appointment.

(2) An authorised officer appointed under section 7 of the Consumer Credit Act 1995 (No. 24 of 1995) shall be deemed to be an authorised officer for the purposes of these Regulations.

(3) Every such authorised officer shall be furnished with a warrant of his or her appointment and, when exercising a power conferred on an authorised officer under this Regulation, the authorised officer shall, on being so requested by a person affected, produce the warrant or a copy of it to that person.

(4) An authorised officer may, for the purposes of obtaining any information in respect of, and of ascertaining whether the Parliament and Council Regulation is being complied with, do any or all of the following:

(a) at all reasonable times, enter the premises of any institution and search and inspect the premises and any records relating to the charges levied by the institution which are on the premises,

(b) secure for later inspection any premises or any part of a premises in which records are kept or there are reasonable grounds for believing that records are kept,

(c) require any person employed by or connected with an institution to produce to him or her records and in the case of information in a non-legible form to reproduce it in a legible form or to give to him or her such...