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[F1Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11 of the Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41).]
Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (c. 29).
[F2Hallmarking Act 1973 (c. 43).]
Prices Act 1974 (c. 24).
Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39).
[F3Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 12).]
Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38).
Competition Act 1980 (c. 21).
[F4Video Recordings Act 1984 (c. 39).]
Consumer Protection Act 1987 (c. 43).
[F5Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/2049 (N.I. 20)).
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48).]
Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 (c. 29).
Timeshare Act 1992 (c. 35).
[F6Clean Air Act 1993 (c. 11)
[F7Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23).]
Trade Marks Act 1994 (c. 26).]
Competition Act 1998 (c. 41).
Chapter 3 of Part 10 and Chapter 2 of Part 18 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8).
An order made under section 95 of that Act.
[F8Fireworks Act 2003.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 14: words in entry substituted (20.6.2003) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Amendment and Specification) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1400), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 2
F2Sch. 14: entry inserted (20.6.2003) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Amendment and Specification) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1400), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 3
F3Sch. 14: entry inserted (31.10.2003) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Amendment and Specification) (No. 2) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2580, art. 3, Sch. para. 2
F4Sch. 14: entry inserted (20.6.2003) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Amendment and Specification) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1400), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 4
F5Sch. 14: entries inserted (20.6.2003) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Amendment and Specification) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1400), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 5
F6Sch. 14: entry inserted (20.6.2003) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Amendment and Specification) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1400), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 6
F7Sch. 14: entry inserted (31.10.2003) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Amendment and Specification) (No. 2) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2580), art. 3, Sch. para. 3
F8Sch. 14: entry inserted (E.W.S.) (28.11.2003 and 15.7.2004 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Fireworks Act 2003 (c. 22), ss. 12(3), 18 (with s. 2(8)); S.I. 2003/3084, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2004/1831, art. 2, Sch.
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F9Act: for the words "solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland" wherever they occur there is substituted (prosp.) the words "solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 5 [Editorial Note: this amendment will be carried through into the text of the Act at the same time as any other effects on the Act for the year in which the relevant commencement order (or first such order) is made]
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