The Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Consumer Council and Transfer of the Office of Fair Trading’s Functions in relation to Estate Agents etc) Order 2014

Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992

3.—(1) The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 14 (restricted application of Act in relation to certain tribunals)(2) after subsection (1)(a) insert—

“(aa) the lead enforcement authority referred to in paragraph 16A of Schedule 1,”.

(3) In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (tribunals under direct supervision of Council)(3)—

(a) after paragraph 16 insert—

“Estate agents

16A. The lead enforcement authority (as defined in section 33(1) of the Estate Agents Act 1979) in respect of its functions under the Estate Agents Act 1979, and any member of its staff authorised to exercise those functions.”;

(b) in paragraph 17 omit “and the Estate Agents Act 1979”.

(1)

1992 c. 53.

(2)

Section 14(1)(b) was amended by paragraph 27(3) of Schedule 25 to the 2002 Act.

(3)

The entry for Fair Trading in paragraph 17 was revoked by paragraph 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2013/1881, which was commenced on 26 July 2013 for the purposes in Article 1(2) of that Order, coming fully into force on 1st April 2014.