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The Compensation Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2007

S.I. 2007/94 · Made 19 January 2007

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Consumer Protection, England and Wales

Made 19th January 2007

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 16(1) of the Compensation Act 2006f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2006 c. 29.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Definition—“the Act”
  3. 3Provisions coming into force on 23rd January 2007
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Compensation Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2007.

2Definition—“the Act”

In this Order, “the Act” means the Compensation Act 2006.

3Provisions coming into force on 23rd January 2007

The following provisions of the Act come into force on 23rd January 2007—

(a)

section 12;

(b)

subsections (1), (3) and (4) of section 13.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Bridget Prentice

19th January 2007

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Compensation Act 2006 received Royal Assent on 25th July 2006. Certain provisions (sections 1, 2, 16, 17 and 18) commenced on Royal Assent. Section 3 is taken always to have had effect. Certain other provisions (mentioned in the following note) commenced on 1st December 2006. This Order brings into force the provisions necessary to establish and operate the Claims Management Services Tribunal. It is intended that the remaining provisions (mostly, those creating offences) will be brought into force within the next few months.