2003 No. 765 (C.39)

COMPETITION

CONSUMER PROTECTION

INSOLVENCY

The Enterprise Act 2002 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2003
Made
17th March 2003
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 279 of the Enterprise Act 2002 , hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation
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This Order may be cited as the Enterprise Act 2002 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2003.
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In this Order (save where the context otherwise requires) references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of and Schedules to the Enterprise Act 2002.

Provisions of the Act commenced by this Order
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18th March 2003 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 listed in the first column of the Schedule to this Order for the purposes set out in the second column.
Melanie Johnson,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition, Consumers and Markets,
Department of Trade and Industry
17th March 2003
SCHEDULE

Provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 coming into force on 18th March 2003
Article 2
Provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 | Purpose
Section 13(6) (the Competition Service) | For the purpose of the provisions of Schedule 3 brought into force
Section 250(1) (prohibition of appointment of administrative receiver) | For the purpose of giving effect to the insertion into the Insolvency Act 1986 of section 72H(2), (3), (4) and (5)
Section 273 (interpretation) | For all purposes
Section 275 (financial provision) | For all purposes
Section 276(1) (transitional or transitory provision and savings) | For the purpose of the provisions of Schedule 24 brought into force
Section 276(2) to (4) | For all purposes
Section 277 (power to make consequential amendments etc.) | For all purposes
In Schedule 3 (the Competition Service), Part 2 | For all purposes
In Schedule 24 (transitional and transitory provisions and savings), paragraph 1 | For all purposes
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 18th March 2003 the following provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002: (a) section 13(6) and Part 2 of Schedule 3 (permitting the transfer of property, rights and liabilities from the Competition Commission to the Competition Service); (b) section 250(1) (for the purpose of enabling provisions to be made to amend the Insolvency Act 1986 concerning the appointment of administrative receivers); (c) various other provisions concerned with interpretation, financial provision, the making of transitional or transitory provision and savings and consequential provision, etc. by statutory instruments, and certain transitional provisions relating to the OFT.
2002 c. 40.
1986 c. 45.