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.