Provisions coming into force on 1st October 20152.

The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st October 2015—

(a)

section 20 (Independent Complaints Commissioner: reporting duty);

(b)

in relation to England, sections 35 and 36 (home businesses);

(c)

sections 104 and 105 (new grounds for disqualification);

(d)

section 106 (determining unfitness and disqualifications: matters to be taken into account);

(e)

sections 108 and 109 (director disqualification: other amendments);

(f)

section 110 (compensation orders and undertakings);

(g)

section 111 (sections 104 to 110: consequential and related amendments) and Schedule 7;

(h)

section 112 (provision for Northern Ireland corresponding to sections 104 to 111) and Schedule 8, except for paragraph 5 (reports of office-holders on conduct of directors of insolvent companies);

(i)

sections 113 to 116 (bankruptcy: Scotland and Northern Ireland); and

(j)

sections 117 to 119 (office-holder actions).