(1)The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are repealed to the extent specified in the second column of that Schedule.
(2)The repeals in the Schedule do not affect the application of the 2001 Act in relation to the making of an order under section 1 of that Act giving effect (with or without variations) to proposals in a document laid before Parliament under section 6(1) of that Act before the day on which this Act comes into force.
(3)The repeals in the Schedule do not affect the continuation in force of any order under section 1 of the 2001 Act which—
(a)was made before the day on which this Act comes into force; or
(b)is made on or after that day by virtue of subsection (2).
(4)The repeals in the Schedule do not affect—
(a)any power to make an order under section 1 of the 2001 Act pursuant to section 4(4) of that Act (a “subordinate provisions order”) in relation to the subordinate provisions of any order under section 1 of that Act continuing in force by virtue of subsection (3); or
(b)the operation of sections 1 to 4 of that Act in relation to the making by virtue of paragraph (a) of any subordinate provisions order.
(5)The repeals in the Schedule do not affect the continuation in force of any order under section 1 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40) which, immediately before the coming into force of this Act, continues in force by virtue of section 12(4) of the 2001 Act.
(6)In this section “the 2001 Act” means the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 (c. 6).
(1)In section 6 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (model provisions with respect to appeals), in subsection (7), for the definition of “enforcement action” substitute—
““enforcement action” means—
(a)in relation to any restriction, requirement or condition, any action taken with a view to or in connection with imposing any sanction (whether criminal or otherwise) for failure to observe or comply with it; and
(b)in relation to a restriction, requirement or condition relating to the grant or renewal of licences, includes any refusal to grant, renew or vary a licence, the imposition of any condition on the grant or renewal of a licence and any variation or revocation of a licence;”.
F1(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)In Article 17 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1632 (N.I. 11)), in paragraph (1), for “section 1 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001” substitute “ section 1 or 2 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 ”.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 31(2) repealed (1.4.2015) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 123(d); S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x)