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The at arm's length principle in terms of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005

Mini Dissertation (LLM (Mercantile Law))--University of Pretoria, 2022.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/89508 The at arm's length principle in terms of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 Renke, Stefan u17220302@tuks.co.za Thusi, Peggy UCTD Arm's length Field of application National Credit Act Credit agreement Mini Dissertation (LLM (Mercantile Law))--University of Pretoria, 2022. The National Credit Act 34 of 2005 (“NCA”) applies to a credit agreement that is concluded between the parties to the agreement “at arm’s length”, in South Africa, or having an effect in South Africa, provided that no exclusion applies. The legislature opted not to define the concept “at arm’s length”, but rather to provide an open list of arrangements in section 4(2)(b) in terms whereof the particular credit agreement is entered into “within arm’s length”, with the implication that the consumer in any of these arrangements is not protected by the NCA. The arrangements related to within arm’s length in section 4(2)(b) form the focus of my dissertation, and all the section 4(2)(b) arrangements centre around dependency between the credit provider and the consumer. In the absence of dependency between these parties, in other words, where each is independent of the other, the consumer needs protection, the transaction is at arm’s length, and the NCA applies. The provisions in section 4(2)(b) and their interpretation by the courts are addressed, together with conclusions. The introduction of the principle of at arm’s length as a prerequisite for the NCA’s application to a credit agreement is endorsed. Mercantile Law LLM (Mercantile Law) Unrestricted 2023-02-14T13:56:12Z 2023-02-14T13:56:12Z 2023-04 2022 Mini Dissertation * A2023 https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89508 en © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria
spellingShingle UCTD
Arm's length
Field of application
National Credit Act
Credit agreement
The at arm's length principle in terms of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005
title The at arm's length principle in terms of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005
title_full The at arm's length principle in terms of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005
title_fullStr The at arm's length principle in terms of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005
title_full_unstemmed The at arm's length principle in terms of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005
title_short The at arm's length principle in terms of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005
title_sort at arm s length principle in terms of the national credit act 34 of 2005
topic UCTD
Arm's length
Field of application
National Credit Act
Credit agreement
url https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89508