Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Act 2025

PART 6

Miscellaneous Amendments

Amendment of section 17A of Central Bank Reform Act 2010

50. Section 17A of the Central Bank Reform Act 2010 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (6):

“(6A) (a) Before making regulations under this section, the Bank shall carry out an assessment of the costs and benefits of the business standards it proposes to prescribe.

(b) An assessment referred to in paragraph (a) shall include an assessment of the potential impacts of the proposed regulations on customers and fair competition in the financial markets in the State.

(c) The Bank shall, not later than the date of the making of any regulations under this section, publish any assessment carried out under paragraph (a) on a website maintained by it or on its behalf.”.