(1)This Act may be cited as the Employment Agencies Act 1973.
X1( 2 )The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third colum of that Schedule.
(3)The Secretary of State may, after consultation with such bodies as appear to him to be concerned, by order repeal any provision of any local Act, being a provision which is not specified in Part II of the said Schedule and which appears to him to be unnecessary having regard to the provisions of this Act, or to be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and may by that order make such amendments of that or any other local Act as appear to him to be necessary in consequence of the repeal and such transitional provision as appears to him to be necessary or expedient in connection with the matter.
( 4 )This Act shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.
(5)This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.]
Editorial Information
X1The text of s. 14(2) and Sch. is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1Power of appointment conferred by s. 14(4) exercised by S.I. 1976/709
Textual Amendments
F1S. 13(7)(fa) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 325, Sch. 27 para. 37 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1648, art. 2, Sch.