The Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3 and Supplementary Provision) Order 2008

Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 1262 (C.53)

Consumer Protection

The Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3 and Supplementary Provision) Order 2008

Made

6th May 2008

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 63(2) and (3) and 66(2) of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007(1).

In accordance with section 62(3)(h) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3 and Supplementary Provision) Order 2008.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order “the Act” means the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007.

Commencement

3.  Section 5 (forward work programme) of the Act shall come into force on 7th May 2008.

Supplementary provision

4.  For the purposes of section 5 of the Act, paragraph (a) of the definition of “financial year” in section 41(1) of the Act has effect as if it referred to the period beginning with 1st October 2008 and ending with 31st March 2010.

Gareth Thomas

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Consumer Affairs

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

6th May 2008

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.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.

Provision	Date of commencement	S.I. No.
Section 1(1), (2)(a) and (b), (3) and (4)	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 2(1)(a) and (b) (in so far as they relate to sections 9 and 10(1)(a) and (2)) and (2)-(4)	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 3	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 4	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 6(1) and (3)-(10)	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 9	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 10(1)(a) and (2)	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 20	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 22	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 23	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 30(4)(c) (for the purposes of section 39A of the Postal Services Act 2000(c.26)) and (d) (for the purposes of section 8 of the Utilities Act 2000(c.27))	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 35	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 36	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 39	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 40	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 41	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 42	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 43	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 44	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 46	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 47	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 48	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 49	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 50	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 51	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 53(1)	12.10.2007	2007/2934
Section 59	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 63(1) (insofar as it relates to provisions in Schedule 7 brought into force on 21 December 2007) and (2)-(5)	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Section 64 insofar as it relates to provisions in Schedule 8 brought into force on 21 December 2007	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Paragraphs 1-26, 28–31 and 33-38 of Schedule 1	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Schedule 4	21.12.2007	2007/3546
Schedule 6	12.10.2007	2007/2934
Paragraph 11 of Schedule 7	21.12.2007	2007/3546
In Schedule 8, the entry relating to section 2 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (insofar as it relates to the words “(in this Act referred to as “the Council”)” in section 2(1) for the purposes of section 39A of that Act), and the entries relating to section 39 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (c.26) and section 8 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27).	21.12.2007	2007/3546

(1)

2007 c.17.