The Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2008
S.I. 2008/905 · Made 26 March 2008
Consumer Protection
Estate Agents
Made 26th March 2008
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 66(2) of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007f1.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
- f1
Contents
- 1Citation
- 2Interpretation
- 3Commencement
- Signature
- Schedule 1PROVISION COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST APRIL 2008
- Schedule 2PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST OCTOBER 2008
- Explanatory note
1Citation
This Order may be cited as the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2008.
2Interpretation
In this Order “the Act” means the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007.
3Commencement
The provision of the Act specified in Schedule 1 shall come into force on 1st April 2008.
The provisions of the Act specified in Schedule 2 shall come into force on 1st October 2008.
Signature
Gareth Thomas
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Consumer Affairs
Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
26 March 2008
Schedule 1PROVISION COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST APRIL 2008
| Provision | Subject Matter of Provision |
|---|---|
| Paragraph 32 of Schedule 1 | Accounts of the National Consumer Council |
Schedule 2PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST OCTOBER 2008
| Provisions | Subject Matter of Provisions |
|---|---|
| Section 53(2) | Further provision relating to membership of redress schemes |
| Section 55 | Grounds for prohibition orders |
| Section 56 | Grounds for warning orders |
| Section 57 | Powers of entry and inspection |
| Section 58 | Failure to produce information |
| Section 63(1) (insofar as it relates to provisions in Schedule 7 brought into force on 1st October 2008 by this Order) | Minor, consequential and transitional provision |
| Section 64 (insofar as it relates to provisions in Schedule 8 brought into force on 1st October 2008 by this Order) | Repeals |
| Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 7 | Amendments to the Estate Agents Act 1979f1 |
| In Schedule 8, the entry relating to the Estate Agents Act 1979 | Repeals |
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.