# The Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2008

S.I. 2008/905 · made 26 March 2008

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.

Made under: Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (Section 66)

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## Introductory text

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 2007.

## 1 Citation

This Order may be cited as the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2008.

## 2 Interpretation

In this Order “the Act” means the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007.

## 3 Commencement

(1) The provision of the Act specified in Schedule 1 shall come into force on 1st April 2008.
(2) 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 1 PROVISION COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST APRIL 2008

Provision
Subject Matter of Provision
Paragraph 32 of Schedule 1
Accounts of the National Consumer Council

## Schedule 2 PROVISIONS 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 1979
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.

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