**Executive Summary**
This document contains the Credit Information Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2017, issued by the Reserve Bank of India. The regulations amend the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006, and are effective from the date of their publication in the official gazette (August 25, 2017). The purpose of the amendment is to include information utilities and resolution professionals as defined in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, within the scope of the regulations.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Short Title and Commencement:**
* The regulations are called the "Credit Information Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2017."
* They are effective from the date of their publication in the official gazette.
* **Amendment of Regulation 3:**
* The words "following companies" in regulation 3 are replaced with "following persons".
* Two new clauses are added 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:** Requirement to include information utilities and resolution professionals (as defined in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016) when handling credit information.
* **Action Required:** Update systems and processes to accommodate the inclusion of information utilities and resolution professionals as defined by Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
**Information Utilities (as defined in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016):**
* **Impact:** Now explicitly recognized and regulated under the Credit Information Companies Regulations.
* **Action Required:** Comply with the Credit Information Companies Regulations, as amended.
**Resolution Professionals (appointed under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016):**
* **Impact:** Included within the purview of the Credit Information Companies Regulations, specifically regarding credit information of the corporate debtor for whom they are appointed.
* **Action Required:** Adhere to the Credit Information Companies Regulations when dealing with the credit information of the corporate debtor.
Key Entities Referenced
Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005: The principal legislation authorizing the Reserve Bank of India to regulate credit information companies.
Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006: The original regulations being amended by the current notification.
Credit Information Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2017: The regulations being notified, amending the 2006 regulations.
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: The code under which 'information utility' and 'resolution professional' are defined, terms which the 2017 amendment incorporates into the 2006 regulations.
Reserve Bank of India: The regulator issuing the amendment regulations.
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स.ं बीबीआर.सीआईडी. स.ं 786/20.16.050/2017-18.—(cid:7079)त्यय िवषयक जानकारी कंपनी (िविनयमन) अिधिनयम, 2005
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ि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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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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