Regulatory Reform Act 2001

Supplementary

12 Repeals and savings

(1) Sections 1 to 5 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 1994 Act (which are superseded by the provisions of this Act)—

(a) are hereby repealed as respects England and Wales and Northern Ireland, and

(b) shall cease to have effect as respects Scotland except in so far as they relate to the making of orders by the Scottish Ministers.

(2) Where a document has been laid before Parliament under section 3(3) of the 1994 Act before the day on which this Act is passed, but no draft of an implementing order has been laid before Parliament before that day, subsection (1) does not affect the application of sections 1 to 4 of that Act in relation to the making of an implementing order.

(3) In subsection (2) “an implementing order”, in relation to any document laid before Parliament under section 3(3) of the 1994 Act, means an order to give effect (with or without variations) to proposals in that document.

(4) Subsection (1) does not affect the continuation in force of any order under section 1 of the 1994 Act which—

(a) was made before the day on which this Act is passed, or

(b) is made on or after that day by virtue of subsection (2).

13 Consequential amendments

(1) In section 6 of the 1994 Act (model provisions with respect to appeals), in subsection (7)—

(a) in the definition of “enforcement action”, for “section 5 above” there is substituted “section 9 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001”, and

(b) for the definition of “interested person” there is substituted—

““interested person” means—

(a) the person against whom enforcement action may be or has been taken;

(b) any other person who will or may be required to meet, or to make a significant contribution towards, the cost of observing the restriction or complying with the requirement or condition; or

(c) where the enforcement action which may be or has been taken relates specifically to goods or services which are to be or have been supplied by a person other than the one against whom enforcement action may be or has been taken, that person;”.

(2) This section does not extend to Scotland.

14 Interpretation

In this Act—

• “the 1994 Act” means the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40);

• “burden” and related expressions have the meaning given by section 2;

• “Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (c. 26);

• “subordinate legislation” has the meaning given by section 21(1) of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30);

• “Wales” has the same meaning as in the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38).

15 Short title and extent

(1) This Act may be cited as the Regulatory Reform Act 2001.

(2) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.

(3) An order under section 1 which amends or repeals any enactment extending outside the United Kingdom may have the same extent as the enactment amended or repealed.