{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-act-1974-commencement-no-1-order-1975/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-act-1974-commencement-no-1-order-1975/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1975/2123",
  "legislation_title": "The Consumer Credit Act 1974 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-act-1974-commencement-no-1-order-1975",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Act",
  "text": "Schedule 3 to the Act is hereby amended—\n(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\n(b) by the substitution—\n(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\n(ii) in paragraph 45 for the words “the day appointed for the purposes of paragraph 44 in relation to a business of that description”;\nof the words\n“3rd August 1976 in the case of any business so far as it comprises or relates to—\n(a) debt-adjusting,\n(b) debt-counselling,\n(c) debt-collecting, or\n(d) the operation of a credit reference agency.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1977/325",
      "affecting_title": "The Consumer Credit Act 1974 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1977"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/2123/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:48:15.297171+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}