HC Deb 15 March 2000 vol 346 c453

7.—(1) In this Schedule "customer information" means (subject to sub-paragraph (3))—

  1. (a) information whether a business relationship exists or existed between a financial institution and a particular person ("a customer"),
  2. (b) a customer's account number,
  3. (c) a customer's full name,
  4. (d) a customer's date of birth,
  5. (e) a customer's address or former address,
  6. (f) the date on which a business relationship between a financial institution and a customer begins or ends,
  7. (g) any evidence of a customer's identity obtained by a financial institution in pursuance of or for the purposes of any legislation relating to money laundering, and
  8. (h) the identity of a person sharing an account with a customer.

(2) For the purposes of this Schedule there is a business relationship between a financial institution and a person if (and only if)—

  1. (a) there is an arrangement between them designed to facilitate the carrying out of frequent or regular transactions between them, and
  2. (b) the total amount of payments to be made in the course of the arrangement is neither known nor capable of being ascertained when the arrangement is made.

(3) The Secretary of State may by order provide for a class of information

  1. (a) to be customer information for the purposes of this Schedule, or
  2. (b) to cease to be customer information for the purposes of this Schedule.