Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 15 : Section 1691c-1


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1691c-1 - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (Pub. L. 90-321, title VII, Sec. 704A, as added Pub. L. 104-208,
    div. A, title II, Sec. 2302(a)(1), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat.
    3009-420.)
                              EFFECTIVE DATE                          
      Section 2302(c) of div. A of Pub. L. 104-208 provided that:
      "(1) In general. - Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
    privilege provided for in section 704A of the Equal Credit
    Opportunity Act [15 U.S.C. 1691c-1] or section 814A of the Fair
    Housing Act [42 U.S.C. 3614-1] (as those sections are added by this
    section) shall apply to a self-test (as that term is defined
    pursuant to the regulations prescribed under subsection (a)(2) [set
    out below] or (b)(2) of this section [42 U.S.C. 3614-1 note], as
    appropriate) conducted before, on, or after the effective date of
    the regulations prescribed under subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2), as
    appropriate.
      "(2) Exception. - The privilege referred to in paragraph (1) does
    not apply to such a self-test conducted before the effective date
    of the regulations prescribed under subsection (a) or (b), as
    appropriate, if - 
        "(A) before that effective date, a complaint against the
      creditor or person engaged in residential real estate related
      lending activities (as the case may be) was - 
          "(i) formally filed in any court of competent jurisdiction;
        or
          "(ii) the subject of an ongoing administrative law
        proceeding;
        "(B) in the case of section 704A of the Equal Credit
      Opportunity Act, the creditor has waived the privilege pursuant
      to subsection (b)(1)(A)(i) of that section; or
        "(C) in the case of section 814A of the Fair Housing Act, the
      person engaged in residential real estate related lending
      activities has waived the privilege pursuant to subsection
      (b)(1)(A)(i) of that section."

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