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Gun Barrel Proof Act 1868 (cap 113).
Gun Barrel Proof Act 1950 (cap 3).
Trade Descriptions Act 1968.
Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 (c. 30).
Fair Trading Act 1973.
Hallmarking Act 1973 (c. 43).
Prices Act 1974.
[F1the relevant statutory provisions within the meaning of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37).]
Consumer Credit Act 1974.
[F2Unsolicited Goods and Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/57 (N.I. 1).]
Gun Barrel Proof Act 1978 (c. 9).
[F3the relevant statutory provisions within the meaning of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)).]
Estate Agents Act 1979.
Competition Act 1980.
[F4Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/231 (N.I. 10)).]
National Audit Act 1983 (c. 44).
Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12).
[F5Video Recordings Act 1984 (c. 39).]
F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Weights and Measures Act 1985 (c. 72).
Airports Act 1986 (c. 31).
Gas Act 1986 (c. 44).
[F7Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45).]
[F8Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (c. 46).]
Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60).
F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consumer Protection Act 1987 (c. 43).
[F9Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/2049 (N.I. 20)).]
[F10Banking Act 1987 (c. 22).]
[F11Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40).]
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48).
[F12The Education (Unrecognised Degrees) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1989 (N.I. 22)).]
Water Act 1989 (c. 15).
Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29).
[F13Companies Act 1989 (c. 40).]
[F16Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19)).]
[F18Companies No. 2 (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1504 (N.I. 10)).]
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41).
Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42).
F19...
Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56).
Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57).
F20...
Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59).
[F21Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60).]
F22...
[F23Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)).]
[F24Clean Air Act 1993 (c. 11).]
Railways Act 1993 (c. 43).
Coal Industry Act 1994 (c. 21).
Trade Marks Act 1994 (c. 26).
[F25Part IV of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/426 (N.I. 1)).]
Gas Act 1995 (c. 45).
Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55).
[F26Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2)).]
Competition Act 1998 (c. 41).
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8).
Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c. 20).
Postal Services Act 2000 (c. 26).
Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27).
[F27Transport Act 2000 (c. 38).]
[F28Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3150 (N.I. 4)).]
[F29Communications Act 2003.]
[F30Fireworks Act 2003.]
[F31Water Act 2003 (c. 37).]
[F32Railways Act 2005 (c. 14)]
[F33Gambling Act 2005 (c.19)]
[F34Compensation Act 2006 (c.29).
Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (c.36).]
[F35Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006]
[F36the Companies Acts (as defined in section 2 of the Companies Act 2006)]
[F37Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007.]
[F38Postal Services Act 2011.]
[F39Airport Charges Regulations 2011.]
[F40Civil Aviation Act 2012.]
[F41Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013.]
[F42Parts 3 and 4 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.]
[F43the relevant statutory provisions within the meaning of Part 3 of the Energy Act 2013 (c.32).]
[F44The Health and Social Care Act 2012.]
[F45Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 2
F2Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 3
F3Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 4
F4Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 5
F5Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 6
F6Sch. 15: entry repealed (1.10.2007) by The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2194), art. 10(1)(3), Sch. 4 para. 98(a), Sch. 5 (with art. 12)
F7Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 7
F8Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 7
F9Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 9
F10Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 9
F11Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 10
F12Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 11
F13Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 12
F14Sch. 15 entries omitted (1.10.2009) by virtue of The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 199(6) (with art. 10)
F15Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 12
F16Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 12
F17Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 12
F18Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 12
F19Words in Sch. 15 omitted (1.10.2013) by virtue of The Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 (Repeal) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1575), art. 1, Sch. para. 11
F20Words in Sch. 15 omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(r), Sch. 23 para. 28(6)
F21Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 13
F22 Sch. 15 entry repealed (23.2.2011) by The Timeshare, Holiday Products, Resale and Exchange Contracts Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2960), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 3(4), Sch. 8 Pt. 1 (with reg. 37, Sch. 7)
F23Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 14
F24Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 14
F25Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 15
F26Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 16
F27Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 17
F28Sch. 15: 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. 4, Sch. 2 para. 18
F29Sch. 15: entry inserted (25.7.2003 for certain purposes and 29.12.2003 for certain purposes) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 406(1), 411(2)(3), Sch. 17 para. 174(7) (with transitional provisions in Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3(2) (as amended (8.12.2003) by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3))); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3(3), 11)
F30Sch. 15: entry inserted (E.W.S.) (28.11.2003 for certain purposes, 15.7.2004 for certain further 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.
F31Sch. 15: entry inserted (1.4.2004) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 7 para. 36(4); S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(y), Sch. 2
F32Sch. 15: entry inserted (E.W.S.) (8.6.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 59, 60, Sch. 12 para. 18(4); S.I. 2005/1444, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F33Sch. 15: entry inserted (1.12.2006) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2909), art. 2
F34Sch. 15: entries inserted (15.11.2007) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Amendment and Specification) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2977), art. 2(3)
F35Sch. 15: entry inserted (N.I.) (1.4.2007) by The Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21)), arts. 1(2)(3), 308, Sch. 12 para. 46(6) (with arts. 8(9), 121(3), 307); S.R. 2007/194, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II (subject to art. 3, Sch. 2)
F36Sch. 15: entry inserted (1.10.2007) by The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (2007/2194), art. 10(1), {Sch. 4 para. 98(b)} (with art. 12)
F37Words in Sch. 15 inserted (1.10.2008) by Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (c. 17), ss. 29(2), 66(2) (with s. 6(9)); S.I. 2008/2550, art. 2, Sch.
F38Words in Sch. 15 inserted (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 166; S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3
F39Entry in Sch. 15 inserted (10.11.2011) by The Airport Charges Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2491), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 6
F40Words in Sch. 15 inserted (6.4.2013) by Civil Aviation Act 2012 (c. 19), s. 110(1), Sch. 9 para. 15 (with Sch. 10 paras. 12, 17); S.I. 2013/589, art. 2(3)
F41Words in Sch. 15 inserted (25.6.2013) by Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013 (c. 19), ss. 21(4), 25; S.I. 2013/1236, art. 2
F42Words in Sch. 15 inserted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 17 (with art. 3)
F43Words in Sch. 15 inserted (1.4.2014) by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 22 (with Sch. 4)
F44Words in Sch. 15 inserted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 15 para. 39; S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(f) (with Sch.)
F45Words in Sch. 15 inserted (17.11.2014) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2807), arts. 1, 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 15 (10.11.2011) by The Airport Charges Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2491), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 6
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