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).