Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 62(3)(h) of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Draft Statutory Instruments
Consumer Protection
Made
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The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 63(2) and (3) and 66(2) of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007(1).
In accordance with section 62(3)(h) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
1. This Order may be cited as the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3 and Supplementary Provision) Order 2008.
2. In this Order “the Act” means the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007.
3. Section 5 (forward work programme) of the Act shall come into force on 7th May 2008.
4. For the purposes of section 5 of the Act, paragraph (a) of the definition of “financial year” in section 41(1) of the Act has effect as if it referred to the period beginning with 1st October 2008 and ending with 31st March 2010.
Name
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Consumer Affairs
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Date
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force section 5 of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 which requires the National Consumer Council to produce a forward work programme before each financial year. Article 4 modifies the definition of financial year as it applies in relation to section 5 so that the first financial year of the Council will be the period which begins on 1st October 2008 and ends on 31st March 2010.
The remaining provisions of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 will be brought into force by subsequent Orders.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.
Provision | Date of commencement | S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1(1), (2)(a) and (b), (3) and (4) | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 2(1)(a) and (b) (in so far as they relate to sections 9 and 10(1)(a) and (2)) and (2)-(4) | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 3 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 4 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 6(1) and (3)-(10) | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 9 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 10(1)(a) and (2) | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 20 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 22 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 23 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 30(4)(c) (for the purposes of section 39A of the Postal Services Act 2000(c.26)) and (d) (for the purposes of section 8 of the Utilities Act 2000(c.27)) | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 35 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 36 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 39 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 40 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 41 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 42 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 43 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 44 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 46 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 47 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 48 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 49 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 50 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 51 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 53(1) | 12.10.2007 | 2007/2934 |
| Section 59 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 63(1) (insofar as it relates to provisions in Schedule 7 brought into force on 21 December 2007) and (2)-(5) | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 64 insofar as it relates to provisions in Schedule 8 brought into force on 21 December 2007 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Paragraphs 1-26, 28–31 and 33-38 of Schedule 1 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Schedule 4 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| Schedule 6 | 12.10.2007 | 2007/2934 |
| Paragraph 11 of Schedule 7 | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |
| In Schedule 8, the entry relating to section 2 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (insofar as it relates to the words “(in this Act referred to as “the Council”)” in section 2(1) for the purposes of section 39A of that Act), and the entries relating to section 39 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (c.26) and section 8 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27). | 21.12.2007 | 2007/3546 |