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 No. 631

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

3. 2. Abolition of the National Consumer Council

4. 3. Transfer of functions of the National Consumer Council

5. 4. Transfer of OFT functions in relation to a consumer advice scheme

6. 5. Transfer of OFT functions in relation to estate agents

7. Signature

8. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      Transfer of certain functions of the National Consumer Council, transfer of certain consumer advice scheme functions of the OFT and consequential, supplementary, incidental and transitional provision

      1. PART 1 Amendments to Acts

         1. 1. Public Records Act 1958

         2. 2. Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967

         3. 3. House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975

         4. 4. Gas Act 1986

         5. 5. Electricity Act 1989

         6. 6. Water Industry Act 1991

         7. 7. Postal Services Act 2000

         8. 8. Utilities Act 2000

         9. 9. Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000

         10. 10. Freedom of Information Act 2000

         11. 11. Communications Act 2003

         12. 12. Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007

         13. 13. Postal Services Act 2011

         14. 14. Public Bodies Act 2011

      2. PART 2 Amendments to Acts of the Scottish Parliament

         1. 15. Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3)

         2. 16. Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11)

         3. 17. Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 13)

         4. 18. Water Services etc (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3)

         5. 19. Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8)

      3. PART 3 Amendment to Northern Ireland legislation

         1. 20. Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975

         2. 21. The General Consumer Council (Northern Ireland) Order 1984

      4. PART 4 Statutory Instruments

         1. 22. Enterprise Act 2002 (Bodies Designated to make Super-Complaints) Order 2004

         2. 23. Gas and Electricity (Consumer Complaints Handling Standards) Regulations 2008

         3. 24. Infrastructure Planning (National Policy Statement Consultation) Regulations 2009

         4. 25. Electricity (Standards of Performance) Regulations 2010

         5. 26. Electricity (Connection Standards of Performance) Regulations 2010

         6. 27. Postal Services Act 2011 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2012

      5. PART 5 Transitional provisions

         1. 28. (1) Nothing in this Order affects the validity of anything...

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Consequential, supplementary, incidental and transitional provision and savings relating to the transfer of functions under the Estate Agents Act 1979

      1. PART 1 Amendments to Acts

         1. 1. Estate Agents Act 1979

         2. 2. Companies Act 1985

         3. 3. Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992

         4. 4. Enterprise Act 2002

         5. 5. Companies Act 2006

         6. 6. Public Bodies Act 2011

      2. PART 2 Amendments to Acts of the Scottish Parliament

         1. 7. Housing (Scotland) Act 2006

      3. PART 3 Amendments to Statutory Instruments

         1. 8. Estate Agents (Entry and Inspection) Regulations 1981

         2. 9. Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

         3. 10. Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

         4. 11. Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations 2009

         5. 12. Overseas Companies Regulations 2009

      4. PART 4 Transitional provisions and savings

         1. 13. General

         2. 14. Costs orders

         3. 15. General notices issued by the OFT

         4. 16. Information

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      Consequential, supplementary, incidental and transitional provision and savings relating to the transfer of functions under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007

      1. PART 1 Amendments to Statutory Instruments

         1. 1. Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

         2. 2. Money Laundering Regulations 2007

      2. PART 2 Transitional provisions and savings

         1. 3. General

         2. 4. Costs orders

         3. 5. Change in appeal procedure

         4. 6. Where the OFT has issued a notice of its decision...

         5. 7. Where an appeal has been started against a decision of...

9. Explanatory Note