Issue - meetings

The Payment Services Directive, incorporated into UK law, will make it illegal for the Council to charge extra for credit or debit card transactions after 13 January 2018.  The Council’s existing policy of levying a 1.5% fee on credit charge transactions for Housing Rents, Council Tax and Business Rates will therefore be redacted from this date.

The Cabinet are accordingly:

recommended:

To note the above change to the card charging policy, with effect from 13 January 2018.

reSOLVed:

That the above change to the card charging policy, with effect from 13 January 2018, be noted.

The Cabinet was advised that the Payment Services Directive, incorporated into UK law, would make it illegal for the Council to charge extra for credit or debit card transactions after 13 January 2018.  The Council’s existing policy of levying a 1.5% fee on credit charge transactions for Housing Rents, Council Tax and Business Rates would therefore be redacted from this date.

reSOLVed:

That the above change to the card charging policy, with effect from 13 January 2018, be noted.