Provisions coming into force on 1st October 20152
The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 1st October 2015—
a
section 1 (health and safety at work: general duty of self-employed persons) so far as not already in force3;
b
section 15 (suppliers of fuel and fireplaces);
c
section 17 (authorisation of insolvency practitioners);
d
section 18 and Schedule 5 (auditors ceasing to hold office);
e
section 194 (insolvency and company law) so far as it relates to the following provisions of Schedule 6, and those provisions:-
i
Part 1 (deeds of arrangement);
ii
paragraphs 4, 6 and 7 of Part 2 (administration of companies);
iii
Part 3 (winding up of companies);
iv
Part 4 (disqualification of unfit directors of insolvent companies);
v
paragraph 12 of Part 5, so far as it relates to paragraph 16 of Part 5, and paragraph 16 of Part 5 (bankruptcy); and
vi
Part 6 (authorisation of insolvency practitioners);
f
section 59, so far as it relates to Part 5 (noise abatement zones) of Schedule 13, and Part 5 of that Schedule;
g
section 66(1) to (4) (schools: reduction of burdens);
h
section 71(late night refreshment).