EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force section 5 of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 which requires the National Consumer Council to produce a forward work programme before each financial year. Article 4 modifies the definition of financial year as it applies in relation to section 5 so that the first financial year of the Council will be the period which begins on 1st October 2008 and ends on 31st March 2010.
The remaining provisions of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 will be brought into force by subsequent Orders.