**Executive Summary**
The document is a notification from the Reserve Bank of India regarding amendments to the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006. The amendments are titled "Credit Information Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2017" and became effective on the date of publication in the official gazette (August 25, 2017). The amendment includes redefining "companies" as "persons," and adding details about an information utility and a resolution professional.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Short Title and Commencement**
* These regulations are called the "Credit Information Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2017."
* The regulations are effective from the date of their publication in the official gazette.
* **Amendment of Regulation 3**
* Replaces the words "following companies" with "following persons" in regulation 3 of the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006.
* Adds two new clauses after clause (g):
* "(h) an information utility as defined in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Act 31 of 2016)"
* "(i) a resolution professional appointed under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Act 31 of 2016), in so far as the credit information of the corporate debtor, in respect of which he has been so appointed."
**Impact Analysis**
**Credit Information Companies**
* **Impact**: Companies have to update their understanding of the regulation to include persons. They need to be aware of the inclusion of information utility and resolution professional.
* **Action Required**: Need to update their definitions, processes, and systems to accommodate the new clauses (h) and (i) and to align with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
**Information Utilities and Resolution Professionals**
* **Impact**: Inclusion in the Credit Information Companies Regulations. They will be considered as "persons", which brings them under the purview of the regulation.
* **Action Required**: Must be aware of the requirements and responsibilities imposed by the Credit Information Companies Regulations, particularly regarding credit information.
**Corporate Debtors**
* **Impact**: Credit information will be accessible by resolution professionals in cases of insolvency, impacting their ability to restructure debt.
* **Action Required**: None explicitly stated, but should be aware that resolution professionals may access their credit information during insolvency proceedings.
Key Entities Referenced
Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005: The primary legislation empowering the Reserve Bank of India to regulate credit information companies.
Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006: The regulations being amended by this notification, governing the operation of credit information companies.
Credit Information Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2017: The amendment regulations introduced by the Reserve Bank of India.
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: Code that defines Information Utility and Resolution Professional which are added as entities to regulation 3.
Reserve Bank of India: The regulator issuing the notification and responsible for the amendment.
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(cid:7079)त्यय िवषयक जानकारी कंपनी (सशं ोधन) िविनयमावली, 2017
स.ं बीबीआर.सीआईडी. स.ं 786/20.16.050/2017-18.—(cid:7079)त्यय िवषयक जानकारी कंपनी (िविनयमन) अिधिनयम, 2005
(2005 का 30) की धारा 37 (cid:7367)ारा (cid:7079)द(cid:7275) शि(cid:7334)य(cid:7298) का (cid:7079)योग करत े हुए, भारतीय िरज़वर् बक(cid:7289) (cid:7367)ारा (cid:7079)त्यय िवषयक जानकारी कंपनी
िविनयमावली, 2006 को संशोिधत करन ेके िलए िन(cid:7388)िलिखत िविनयम बनाए जात ेह।(cid:7289)
1. लघु शीषकर् और आरंभ (1) इन िविनयम(cid:7298) को (cid:7079)त्यय िवषयक जानकारी कंपनी (संशोधन) िविनयमावली,
2017 कहा जाएगा।
(2) ये आिधकािरक गज़ट म (cid:7286)इनके (cid:7079)कािशत होने की तारीख से लाग ूह(cid:7298)ग।े
2. िविनयम 3 का सशं ोधन (cid:7079)त्यय िवषयक जानकारी कंपनी िविनयमावली, 2006 के िविनयम 3 म(cid:7286),
(i) "िन(cid:7388)िलिखत कंपिनय(cid:7298)" के स्थान पर "िन(cid:7388)िलिखत (cid:7390)ि(cid:7334)य(cid:7298)" शब्द रखे जाएंगे।
(ii) खंड (छ) के बाद िन(cid:7388)िलिखत को जोड़ा जाएगा, नामतः
"(ज) इन्फॉम(cid:7287)शन यूिटिलटी जैसा िक िदवािलया और शोधन अक्षमता
संिहता, 2016 (2016 का अिधिनयम 31) म(cid:7286) पिरभािषत िकया गया ह ै
(झ) िदवािलया और शोधन अक्षमता संिहता, 2016 (2016 का
अिधिनयम 31) के तहत िनय(cid:7334)ु समाधान (cid:7390)ावसाियक (Resolution
Professional), उस कॉप(cid:7299)रेट कजर्दार की ऋण सूचना के सबं धं म(cid:7286),
िजसके िलए उस ेिनयु(cid:7334) िकया गया ह।ै "
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फुटनोट : (cid:7079)त्यय िवषयक जानकारी कंपनी िविनयमावली, 2006 को सा.का.िन. 754(अ), िदनांक 14 िदसंबर 2006 (cid:7367)ारा भारत के
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5296 GI/2017 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4]
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
Mumbai, the 11th August, 2017
THE CREDIT INFORMATION COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2017
No. BBR.CID. No. 786/20.16.050/2017-18.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Credit
Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (Act 30 of 2005), the Reserve Bank of India hereby makes the following
regulations, to amend the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006.
1. Short title and (1) These regulations may be called the Credit Information Companies (Amendment)
commencement Regulations, 2017.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official gazette.
2. Amendment of In the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006, in regulation 3,
regulation 3
(i) for the words ‘following companies’, the words ‘following persons’ shall be
substituted
(ii) after clause (g), the following shall be inserted, namely,
“(h) an information utility as defined in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code,
2016 (Act 31 of 2016)
(i) a resolution professional appointed under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Code, 2016 (Act 31 of 2016), in so far as the credit information of the
corporate debtor, in respect of which he has been so appointed.”
SUDARSHAN SEN, Executive Director
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./181/17]
Footnote : The Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide GSR 754(E), dated 14th December, 2006.
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