PART 12General

164Commencement

1

The provisions of this Act come into force on such day as a Minister of the Crown may by regulations appoint, subject to subsections (2) to (5).

2

The following provisions of this Act come into force on the day this Act is passed—

a

in Part 1, sections 4 to 7 (regulations about financial information on small and medium sized businesses);

b

in Part 3, section 39 (regulations about procurement);

c

in Part 5, section 74 (funding for free of charge early years provision);

d

in Part 11, section 151 (employment tribunal procedure regulations: postponements);

e

this Part.

3

The following provisions of this Act come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed—

a

in Part 1—

i

sections 1 and 2 (power to invalidate certain restrictive terms of business contracts),

ii

section 3 (companies: duty to publish report on payment practices),

iii

sections 8 and 9 (VAT registration information),

iv

sections 10 to 12 (exports), and

v

section 14 (powers of the Payment Systems Regulator);

b

in Part 2—

i

sections 15 and 16 (streamlined company registration),

ii

sections 21 to 27 (business impact target), and

iii

section 37 (CMA to publish recommendations on proposals for Westminster legislation);

c

in Part 3, section 40 (investigation of procurement functions);

d

in Part 4—

i

sections 42 to 44 (the Pubs Code), and

ii

sections 68 to 73 (Part 4: supplementary);

e

in Part 5, section 75 (exemption from requirement to register as early years provider);

f

Part 6;

g

in Part 7—

i

section 83 (amendment of section 813 of the Companies Act 2006),

ii

sections 84 to 86 and Schedule 4 (abolition of share warrants to bearer), and

iii

sections 89 to 91 (shadow directors);

h

in Part 8—

i

section 95 (recording of optional information on register),

ii

section 99 (address of company registered office);

i

in Part 10—

i

sections 120 and 121 (removing requirements to seek sanction),

ii

sections 127 to 130 (administration),

iii

sections 131 and 132 (small debts),

iv

sections 134 and 135 (voluntary arrangements), and

v

section 136 (voluntary winding-up: progress reports);

j

in Part 11, section 158 (concessionary coal).

4

Section 13 (electronic paying in of cheques etc) comes into force—

a

on the day this Act is passed, for the purpose of enabling the making of regulations under Part 4A of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 (as inserted by section 13);

b

on 31 July 2016, for all other purposes.

5

Sections 35 and 36 as they apply in Wales come into force on such day as the Welsh Ministers may by regulations appoint.

6

Before making regulations under subsection (1) in relation to section 112 and Schedule 8, the Secretary of State must consult the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland.