2001 c. 6.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/55/contents/madeThe Regulatory Reform (Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971) (Directory Entries and Demands for Payment) Order 2005LegislationKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2014-10-16REGULATORY REFORMThis Order is made under section 1 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001. It reforms the law in section 3 of the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 (“the Act”) which imposes requirements as to how agreements may be made for entries in directories. The Order adds one further method by which a person may agree to an entry where that entry is a repeat or renewed entry in a directory. Failure to comply with a method in the Act makes the charge unenforceable or recoverable and the person claiming the charge will commit an offence if he demands payment unless he believes that the requirements in the Act had been complied with.The Regulatory Reform (Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971) (Directory Entries and Demands for Payment) Order 20051Citation, Commencement, extent and interpretation2Amendments to the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 19713Subordinate Provisions4Consequential Provisions5The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002SCHEDULEPART 1PARTICULARS OF DIRECTORY OR PROPOSED DIRECTORY WHICH MUST BE GIVEN IN A NOTEThe particulars referred to in section 3(3) of the Unsolicited...PART 2CONDITIONS APPLYING TO INVOICE OR SIMILAR DOCUMENT WHICH DOES NOT ASSERT RIGHT TO PAYMENTThe conditions referred to in section 6(2) of the Unsolicited...PART 3INFORMATION REQUIRED IN WRITTEN NOTICEThe notice referred to in section 3B(1)(h)(i) of the Unsolicited...PART 4INFORMATION TO BE GIVEN TO A PURCHASERThe following information must be given to the purchaser pursuant...

2005 No. 55

REGULATORY REFORM

The Regulatory Reform (Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971) (Directory Entries and Demands for Payment) Order 2005

Made12th January 2005

Coming into force6th April 2005

Whereas

a

the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (“the Secretary of State”) consulted—

i

such organisations as appeared to her to be representative of interests substantially affected by her proposals for this Order,

ii

such organisations as appeared to her to be representative of the statutory bodies to whose functions her proposals relate,

iii

the Law Commission,

iv

the National Assembly for Wales, and

v

such other persons as she considered appropriate;

b

as a result of that consultation it appeared to the Secretary of State that it was appropriate to vary part of her proposals;

c

following the consultation mentioned in recital (a) the Secretary of State considered it appropriate to proceed with the making of this Order;

d

a document containing the Secretary of State’s proposals was laid before Parliament as required by section 6 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 and the period for Parliamentary consideration under section 8 of that Act expired;

e

the Secretary of State had regard to the representations made during that period and in particular to the Twenty-Ninth Report, Session 2003-2004, of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee of the House of Lords and the Twelfth Report, Session 2003-2004, of the Regulatory Reform Committee of the House of Commons;

f

a draft of this Order was laid before Parliament with a statement giving details of those representations and the changes to the Secretary of State’s proposals in the light of them;

g

the draft was approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;

h

the Secretary of State is of the opinion that this Order does not remove any necessary protection or prevent any person from continuing to exercise any right or freedom which he might reasonably expect to continue to exercise; and

i

this Order creates burdens affecting persons in the carrying on of certain activities, and the Secretary of State is of the opinion that—

i

the provisions of this Order, taken as a whole, strike a fair balance between the public interest and the interests of the persons affected by the burdens being created, and

ii

the extent to which this Order removes or reduces one or more burdens, or has other beneficial effects for persons affected by the burdens imposed by the existing law, makes it desirable for this Order to be made;

Now therefore the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001, hereby makes the following Order:—

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