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).