The Public Bodies (The Office of Fair Trading Transfer of Consumer Advice Scheme Function and Modification of Enforcement Functions) Order 2013

Transfer of consumer advice scheme function

5.—(1) Section 8 of the Utilities Act 2000(1) (Payments by licence holders relating to new arrangements) is amended as follows.

(2) Omit subsection (3A)(e).

(3) In subsection (3A)(f)—

(a) for “the Office of Fair Trading” substitute “Citizens Advice or Citizens Advice Scotland”;

(b) for “any OFT scheme” substitute “any qualifying public consumer advice scheme”.

(4) In subsection (3B)(b) for “the OFT scheme” substitute “the qualifying consumer advice scheme”.

(5) After subsection (3B) insert—

“(3C) A qualifying public consumer advice scheme is a scheme that is supported by Citizens Advice or Citizens Advice Scotland, or by them jointly, in a manner that the Office of Fair Trading is prohibited from using by section 8A of the Enterprise Act 2002.”.

(6) In subsection (10)—

(a) at the appropriate place insert—

““Citizens Advice” means the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux;”;

““Citizens Advice Scotland” means the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux;”;

(b) omit the definition of “OFT scheme”.

(1)

2000 c.27. Section 8(3) was amended by section 1(4), Schedule 1, Part 5, paragraph 29, (3)(a), (3)(b), (3)(c), (4) to (11) of the Consumer, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (2007 c.17).