EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force further provisions of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 as specified in the Schedules to the Order. The provision in Schedule 1 relates to the keeping of accounts by the National Consumer Council. The provisions in Schedule 2 amend the Estate Agents Act 1979 by expanding the grounds for the issue by the Office of Fair Trading of prohibition and warning orders and increasing the investigatory powers of enforcement officers. The provision in Schedule 1 comes into force on 1st April 2008 and the provisions in Schedule 2 come into force on 1st October 2008.