Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Act3.

Schedule 3 to the Act is hereby amended—

(a)

by the substitution in paragraph 6 for the words “the day appointed for the purposes of this paragraph” of the words “2nd February 1976”; and

(b)

by the substitution—

(i)

in paragraph 44 for the words “the day appointed for the purposes of this paragraph in relation to a business of that description” in both places where they appear; and

(ii)

in paragraph 45 for the words “the day appointed for the purposes of paragraph 44 in relation to a business of that description”;

of the words

“3rd August 1976 in the case of any business so far as it comprises or relates to—

(a)

debt-adjusting,

(b)

debt-counselling,

(c)

debt-collecting, or

(d)

the operation of a credit reference agency.”