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Made
26th March 2008
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 66(2) of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007(1).
1. This Order may be cited as the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2008.
2. In this Order "the Act" means the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007.
3.–(1) The provision of the Act specified in Schedule 1 shall come into force on 1st April 2008.
(2) The provisions of the Act specified in Schedule 2 shall come into force on 1st October 2008.
Gareth Thomas
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Consumer Affairs
Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
26 March 2008
Article 3(1)
| Provision | Subject Matter of Provision |
|---|---|
| Paragraph 32 of Schedule 1 | Accounts of the National Consumer Council |
Article 3(2)
| Provisions | Subject Matter of Provisions |
|---|---|
| Section 53(2) | Further provision relating to membership of redress schemes |
| Section 55 | Grounds for prohibition orders |
| Section 56 | Grounds for warning orders |
| Section 57 | Powers of entry and inspection |
| Section 58 | Failure to produce information |
| Section 63(1) (insofar as it relates to provisions in Schedule 7 brought into force on 1st October 2008 by this Order) | Minor, consequential and transitional provision |
| Section 64 (insofar as it relates to provisions in Schedule 8 brought into force on 1st October 2008 by this Order) | Repeals |
| Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 7 | Amendments to the Estate Agents Act 1979(2) |
| In Schedule 8, the entry relating to the Estate Agents Act 1979 | Repeals |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force further provisions of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 as specified in the Schedules to the Order. The provision in Schedule 1 relates to the keeping of accounts by the National Consumer Council. The provisions in Schedule 2 amend the Estate Agents Act 1979 by expanding the grounds for the issue by the Office of Fair Trading of prohibition and warning orders and increasing the investigatory powers of enforcement officers. The provision in Schedule 1 comes into force on 1st April 2008 and the provisions in Schedule 2 come into force on 1st October 2008.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order. The provision marked with an * below is contained in the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (Commencement No.3 and Supplementary Provision) Order 2008, a draft of which was laid before Parliament on 7th March 2008. It is subject to approval by a resolution of each House of Parliament and has not yet been made, but it is intended that it should come into force on 7th May 2008.
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1(1), (2)(a) and (b), (3) and (4) | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 2(1)(a) and (b) (in so far as they relate to sections 9 and 10(1)(a) and (2)) and (2)-(4) | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 3 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 4 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 5* | ||
| Section 6(1) and (3)-(10) | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 9 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 10(1)(a) and (2) | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 20 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 22 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 23 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 30(4) (c) (for the purposes of section 39A of the Postal Services Act 2000(3)) and (d) (for the purposes of section 8 of the Utilities Act 2000(4) | ||
| Section 35 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 36 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 39 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 40 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 41 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 42 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 43 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 44 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 46 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 47 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 48 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 49 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 50 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 51 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 53(1) | 12.10.07 | 2007/2934 |
| Section 59 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Section 63(1) (insofar as it relates to provisions in Schedule 7 brought into force on 21 December 2007) | 2007/3546 | |
| Section 64 (insofar as it relates to provisions in Schedule 8 brought into force on 21 December 2007) | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Paragraphs 1-26, 28-31 and 33-38 of Schedule 1 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Schedule 4 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| Schedule 6 | 12.10.07 | 2007/2934 |
| Paragraph 11 of Schedule 7 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
| In Schedule 8, the entry relating to section 2 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (insofar as it relates to the words "(in this Act referred to as "the Council")" in section 2(1) for the purposes of section 39A of that Act), and the entries relating to section 39 of the Postal Services Act 2000 and section 8 of the Utilities Act 2000 | 21.12.07 | 2007/3546 |
