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SCHEDULE 15E+W+S+N.I.Enactments conferring functions

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C1Sch. 15 modified by The Wireless Telegraphy (Pre-Consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1391), arts. 1, 2, Sch. para. 7(3)(i) (the said S.I. coming into force immediately before the commencement of the Act resulting from the Wireless Telegraphy Bill introduced in the House of Lords on 20.4.2006 - the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (c. 36) came into force on 8.2.2007, see s. 126 of the said Act)

  • Gun Barrel Proof Act 1868 (cap 113).

  • Gun Barrel Proof Act 1950 (cap 3).

  • Trade Descriptions Act 1968.

  • Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 (c. 30).

  • Fair Trading Act 1973.

  • Hallmarking Act 1973 (c. 43).

  • Prices Act 1974.

  • [F1the relevant statutory provisions within the meaning of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37).]

  • Consumer Credit Act 1974.

  • [F2Unsolicited Goods and Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/57 (N.I. 1).]

  • Gun Barrel Proof Act 1978 (c. 9).

  • [F3the relevant statutory provisions within the meaning of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)).]

  • Estate Agents Act 1979.

  • Competition Act 1980.

  • [F4Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/231 (N.I. 10)).]

  • National Audit Act 1983 (c. 44).

  • Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12).

  • [F5Video Recordings Act 1984 (c. 39).]

  • F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • Weights and Measures Act 1985 (c. 72).

  • Airports Act 1986 (c. 31).

  • Gas Act 1986 (c. 44).

  • [F7Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45).]

  • [F8Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (c. 46).]

  • Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60).

  • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • Consumer Protection Act 1987 (c. 43).

  • [F9Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/2049 (N.I. 20)).]

  • [F10Banking Act 1987 (c. 22).]

  • [F11Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40).]

  • Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48).

  • [F12The Education (Unrecognised Degrees) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1989 (N.I. 22)).]

  • Water Act 1989 (c. 15).

  • Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29).

  • [F13Companies Act 1989 (c. 40).]

  • [F14Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2404 (N.I. 18)).]

  • [F15Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19)).]

  • [F16Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/593 (N.I. 5)).]

  • [F17Companies No. 2 (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1504 (N.I. 10)).]

  • Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41).

  • Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42).

  • Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 (c. 29).

  • Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56).

  • Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57).

  • Statutory Water Companies Act 1991 (c. 58).

  • Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59).

  • [F18Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60).]

  • Timeshare Act 1992 (c. 35).

  • [F19Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)).]

  • [F20Clean Air Act 1993 (c. 11).]

  • Railways Act 1993 (c. 43).

  • Coal Industry Act 1994 (c. 21).

  • Trade Marks Act 1994 (c. 26).

  • [F21Part IV of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/426 (N.I. 1)).]

  • Gas Act 1995 (c. 45).

  • Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55).

  • [F22Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2)).]

  • Competition Act 1998 (c. 41).

  • Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8).

  • Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c. 20).

  • Postal Services Act 2000 (c. 26).

  • Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27).

  • [F23Transport Act 2000 (c. 38).]

  • [F24Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3150 (N.I. 4)).]

  • [F25Communications Act 2003.]

  • [F26Fireworks Act 2003.]

  • [F27Water Act 2003 (c. 37).]

  • [F28Railways Act 2005 (c. 14)]

  • [F29Gambling Act 2005 (c.19)]

  • [F30Compensation Act 2006 (c.29).

  • Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (c.36).]

  • [F31Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006]

  • [F32the Companies Acts (as defined in section 2 of the Companies Act 2006)]

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F25Sch. 15: entry inserted (25.7.2003 for certain purposes and 29.12.2003 for certain purposes) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 406(1), 411(2)(3), Sch. 17 para. 174(7) (with transitional provisions in Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3(2) (as amended (8.12.2003) by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3))); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3(3), 11)

F26Sch. 15: entry inserted (E.W.S.) (28.11.2003 for certain purposes, 15.7.2004 for certain further purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Fireworks Act 2003 (c. 22), ss. 12(3), 18 (with s. 2(8)); S.I. 2003/3084, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2004/1831, art. 2, Sch.

F32Sch. 15: entry inserted (1.10.2007) by The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (2007/2194), art. 10(1), {Sch. 4 para. 98(b)} (with art. 12)

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