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Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 395

Contracts, England And Wales

Contracts, Northern Ireland

The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2013

Made

21st February 2013

Laid before Parliament

22nd February 2013

Coming into force

16th March 2013

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to matters relating to the combating of late payment in commercial transactions, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act.

(1)

1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and

the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), Schedule 1, Part 1.

(2)

Article 2 of, and the Schedule to, the European Communities (Designation) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/248).