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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-act-2015-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2015/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/994",
  "legislation_title": "The Deregulation Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-act-2015-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2015",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 26th May 2015",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 26th May 2015—\n(a) section 3 (apprenticeships: simplification) and Part 1 of Schedule 1 (approved English apprenticeships), so far as not already in force, and Part 2 of Schedule 1 (consequential amendments);\n(b) section 4 (English apprenticeships: funding arrangements);\n(c) section 5 (English apprenticeships: disclosure of information);\n(d) section 14 (shippers etc of gas);\n(e) section 44 (short-term use of London accommodation: relaxation of restrictions);\n(f) section 45 (short-term use of London accommodation: power to relax restrictions);\n(g) section 59(c) (other measures relating to animals, food and the environment) and Part 3 of Schedule 13 (joint waste authorities);\n(h) section 68 (temporary event notices: increase in maximum number of events per year);\n(i) section 70 (sale of liqueur confectionery to children under 16: abolition of offence);\n(j) section 72 (removal of requirement to report loss or theft of licence etc to police);\n(k) section 77 (TV licensing: duty to review sanctions);\n(l) section 78 (TV licensing: alternatives to criminal sanctions);\n(m) section 80 (criminal procedure: written witness statements);\n(n) section 81 (criminal procedure: written guilty pleas);\n(o) section 82 (criminal procedure: powers to make Criminal Procedure Rules);\n(p) section 90 and Schedule 21 (poisons and explosive precursors), so far as not already in force;\n(q) section 93 (reduction in regulation of providers of social work services);\n(r) section 96 (NHS foundation trusts and NHS trusts; acquisitions and dissolutions etc).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 6 in force at made date"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "By virtue of section 115(2) of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": ")By virtue of section 115(2) of the Act and article 5 of this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/994/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:39:01.214295+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."
}