Commencement Dates
177.Section 65 provides for the Act (other than that section and section 55) to be commenced by order of the Secretary of State. This provision and section 61(5) allow for different dates when parts of the Act can come into force so that trials of the scheme and an incremental roll-out may take place.
Hansard References
178.The following table sets out the dates and Hansard references for each stage of this Act’s passage through Parliament.
Stage | Date | Hansard reference |
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House of Lords | ||
Introduction | 28 February 2006 | Vol. 679 Col 136 |
Second Reading | 28 March 2006 | Vol. 680 Cols. 721-761 |
Committee | 2 and 3 May 2006 | Vol. 681 Cols.159-222GC and Cols.223-282GC |
Report | 24 May 2006 | Vol. 682 Cols. 827-895 |
Third Reading | 7 June 2006 | Vol. 682 Cols. 1336-1353 |
House of Commons | ||
Introduction | 8 June 2006 | Votes and Proceedings |
Second Reading | 19 June 2006 | Vol. 447 Cols. 1083-1154 |
Committee | 11 and 13 July 2006 | Hansard Standing Committee B |
Report/ Third reading | 23 October 2006 | Vol. 450 Cols. 1233-1352 |
Lords’ Consideration of Commons Amendments | 1 November 2006 | Vol. 686 Cols. 365 - 396 |
Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments | 6 November 2006 | Vol. 451 Cols. 664 - 666 |
Royal Assent – 8 November 2006 | House of Lords Hansard Vol. 686 Col 750 |
House of Commons Hansard Vol. 451 Col. 825 |