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Make Companies not regulated by the Consumer Credit Act send Default notices

Closed 54 signatures

What the petition asks

Companies that are not regulated by the consumer Credit Act are able to report 'defaults' to credit reference agencies without any prior notice to the customer. 'defaults' remain on a credit file for 6 years often without the customer knowing, severely damaging ability to obtain credit.
Companies that are regulated by consumer Credit Act are required to send a Default Notice, giving the customer the opportunity to resolve the problem before sharing Default data with credit reference agencies.

Companies not regulated by the consumer Credit Act such as mobile phone providers, internet providers are not required to send default notices before reporting defaults to credit reference agencies.

Timeline

28 Jan 2016 Petition opened for signatures
28 Jul 2016 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 54
Status Closed
Opened 28 Jan 2016
Closed 28 Jul 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.