Part 1Preliminary provisions
5Overview of this Act
This Act—
- provides for the regulation of participants in retail payment networks (including via initial designations and an initial pricing standard); and
- confers certain functions and powers on the Commission for that purpose, of which some apply to designated networks and others apply to all retail payment networks; and
- enables the Commission to regulate fees charged by merchants in respect of certain payment services (for example, payment surcharges); and
- provides for investigation, monitoring, and enforcement by the Commission.


