Provisions coming into force on 1st October 201511
The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 1st October 2015—
a
section 2 (removal of employment tribunals’ power to make wider recommendations);
b
section 6 (requirements to wear safety helmets: exemption for Sikhs);
c
section 7 (requirements to wear safety helmets: exemption for Sikhs: Northern Ireland);
d
section 10 (taxis and private hire vehicles: duration of licences);
e
section 11 (private hire vehicles: sub-contracting);
f
section 12 (space activity: limit on indemnity required);
g
section 33 (preventing retaliatory eviction in relation to assured shorthold tenancies);
h
section 34 (further exemptions to section 33);
i
section 35 (notice to be provided in relation to periodic assured shorthold tenancies);
j
section 36 (time limits in relation to section 21 notices and proceedings);
k
section 38 (compliance with prescribed legal requirements), so far as not already in force12;
l
section 39 (requirement for landlord to provide prescribed information), so far as not already in force13;
m
section 40 (repayment of rent where tenancy ends before end of a period);
n
section 41(application of sections 33 to 40);
o
section 49 (removal of restrictions on provision of passenger rail services) and Schedule 8 (provision of passenger rail services), so far as not already in force14;
p
Section 51(g) (reduction of burdens relating to the use of roads and railways) and Part 7 of Schedule 10 (rail vehicle accessibility regulations: exemption orders).