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(1) A lender shall not in response to a borrower’s exercise of a right under this Act

(a) penalize the borrower;

(b) alter, or propose to alter the terms or conditions of a credit agreement with the borrower to the detriment of the borrower; or

(c) take an action to accelerate, enforce, suspend or terminate a credit agreement with the borrower.

(2) Where a credit agreement or the provision of a credit agreement is

(a) declared unlawful, or

(b) severed from the agreement, the lender in that agreement shall not, in response to that decision

(i) alter the terms or conditions of other credit agreement with a party to the impugned agreement, except to the extent necessary to correct a similarly unlawful provision; or

(ii) take an action to accelerate, enforce, suspend or terminate another credit agreement with another party to the impugned agreement.