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Textual amendments

F1

Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)

Modifications

C1

This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland

C2

Act amended by S.I. 1964/488, Sch. 1 Pt. I; extended by (E.W.) Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70), s. 9(11), Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c. 5), s. 20(9) and enactments listed in Chronological Table of the Statutes

C3

Act extended by S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12), art. 9

C4

Act extended by S.I. 1985/226, rule 41

C5

Act applied with modifications by S.I. 1988/1843, art. 5(1)

C6

Act extended with modifications (31.7.1989) by S.I. 1989/992, art. 6

C7

Act applied (NI) (27.8.1991) (temporarily until 15.6.1992 unless continued by Order) by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 24, SIF 39:1), s. 26(12) (with s. 69)

C8

Act amended (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 1(6), 223(2), Sch.1 para.5

C9

Act extended (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 193(3)(b), 225(2)

C10

Act extended (1.7.1992) by Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), s. 177, Sch. 8para. 3

C11

Act amended (prosp.) by Education (Schools) Act 1992 (c. 38), ss. 1(6), 5(6), 21(3), Sch. 1 para. 7; which amendment is in force (31.8.1992) for England and Wales by S.I. 1992/1157, art. 2,Sch. and in force (1.5.1993) for Scotland by S.I. 1993/1190, art.3.

C12

Act amended (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3060, reg. 7(6), Sch. 2para. 6(c)

C13

Act amended (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 43, s. 1(6), Sch. 1 para.6(c)

Act applied (N.I.) (25.8.1996) by 1996 c. 22, ss. 28(12), 62(1) (with s. 62(2))

Act modified (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 57, ss. 1, 4, 48(2), Sch. 1 para. 6

Act applied (with modifications) (22.8.1997) by S.I. 1997/1759, art. 7(5)

Act applied (with modifications) (26.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/2971, art. 2(5)

Act amended (2.12.1999) by 1998 c. 47, s. 88(6) (with s. 95(1)); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.

Act modified (27.6.1998) by S.I. 1998/1340, reg. 9(6), Sch. 2 para. 6(c)

Act applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (2.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/663, arts. 1(2), 4

Act applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), arts. 1(2), 7(3); S.R. 1999/480, art. 2

Act applied (with modifications) (13.8.2001) by S.I.2001/2568, art. 3(5), 4(5)

Act extended (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, ss. 120(4), 128; S.I. 2001/421, art. 2

Act amended (15.1.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 204, Sch. 14 para. 25; S.I. 2000/3376, art. 2

C14

Act applied with modifications (27.6.2002) by The Secretaries of State for Education and Skills and for Work and Pensions Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1397), art. 3(5), art. 4(5)

C15

Act applied with modifications (25.11.2002) by The Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2626), art. 19

C16

Act modified (13.10.2003) by Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9), ss. 99(4), 136(2), Sch. 7 para. 6; S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1)

C17

Act modified (25.7.2003 for certain purposes otherwise 29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 403(8), 411(2) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 (with transitional provisions in art. 3 (as amended (8.12.2003) by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3))); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2) (with art. 11)

C18

Act applied (with modifications) (19.8.2003) by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), art. 3(5) (with art. 6)

C19

Act applied (7.1.2004) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47), s. 95A(11) (as inserted by Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (c. 25), s. 10(1); S.I. 2004/83, art. 2)

C20

Act applied (with modifications) (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), ss. 1(6), 125(4), 126(2)(a), Sch. 1 para. 6; S.I. 2005/2034, art. 3 (with art. 10, Sch.)

C21

Act applied (with modifications) (7.4.2005 at 5.45 pm) by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), s. s.24(5)(6); S.I. 2005/1126, art. 2(1)

C22

Act applied (with modifications) (1.9.2006) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), ss. 19(8), 125(4), 126(2)(b) {Sch. 2 para. 6}; S.I. 2006/1338, art. 4(1), Sch. 2, (with Sch. 4)

C23

Act applied (with modifications) (21.8.2006) by The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1926), art. 3(5)

C24

Act applied (with modifications) (12.12.2006) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), ss. 112(4), 188(3), 189(7), Sch. 11 para. 11; S.I. 2006/2990, art. 2(i)(ii)

C25

Act modified (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 1993 (c. 10), Sch. 1A para. 9 (as inserted by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), ss. 6(2), 79(2), Sch. 1 para. 1; S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 4-13))

C26

Act applied (with modifications) (1.4.2007) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), ss. 115, 188(3), 189(7), Sch. 12 para. 5; S.I. 2007/935, art. 5(gg)

C27

Act modified by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), ss. 90(7), 161(1), the amending provision coming into force immediately after "the 2007 election" (held on 3.5.2007) (subject to s. 161(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(1)((4)(5) of the amending Act) (with Sch. 11 para. 22)

C28

Act modified (19.7.2007) by Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (c. 17), ss. 60(8), 66(1) (with s. 60(7)(9))

C29

Act applied (with modifications) (22.8.2007) by The Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2128), art. 3(5)

C30

Act applied (with modifications) (12.10.2007) by The Transfer of Functions (Equality) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2914), art. 4(5)

C31

Act applied (with modifications) (12.12.2007) by The Secretaries of State for Children, School and Families, for Innovation, Universities and Skills and for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3224), art. 4(5)

C32

Act applied (with modifications) (5.3.2009) by The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/229), art. 3(5)

C33

Act applied (with modifications) (13.11.2009) by The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2748), art. 3(5) (with art. 7)

C34

Act applied (with modifications) (1.4.2010) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22) ss. 127(3), 269(4), {Sch. 9 para. 13}; S.I. 2010/1151, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with arts. 5-20)

C35

Act applied (with modifications) (7.7.2010) by The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1551), art. 3(5)

C36

Act applied (with modifications) (18.8.2010) by The Secretary of State for Education Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1836), art. 3(5) (with art. 5)

C37

Act applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (14.3.2012) by Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), Sch. 1 para. 9 (with s. 20(2), Sch. 8)

C38

Act applied (14.11.2012) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2590), art. 5(8) (with art. 6)

C39

Act applied (with modifications) by 1979 c. 10, Sch. para. 6 (as substituted (1.10.2013) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Registrar of Public Lending Right) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2352), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 12(3) (with art. 8))

C40

Act modified by 1991 c. 57, s. 193A(5) (as substituted (1.10.2014) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), ss. 59(2), 94; S.I. 2014/1823, art. 3)

C41

Act modified by 1991 c. 57, s. 194A(5) (as substituted (1.10.2014) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), ss. 59(2), 94; S.I. 2014/1823, art. 3)

C42

Act applied (with modifications) (9.11.2016) by The Secretaries of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for International Trade and for Exiting the European Union and the Transfer of Functions (Education and Skills) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/992), art. 4(5) (with art. 13)

C43

Act applied (with modifications) (9.11.2016) by The Secretaries of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for International Trade and for Exiting the European Union and the Transfer of Functions (Education and Skills) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/992), art. 3(5) (with art. 13)

C44

Act applied (with modifications) (9.11.2016) by The Secretaries of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for International Trade and for Exiting the European Union and the Transfer of Functions (Education and Skills) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/992), art. 5(5) (with art. 13)

C45

Act applied (8.11.2017) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/979), art. 3(5) (with art. 7)

C46

Act applied (with modifications) (11.4.2018) by The Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care and for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Transfer of Functions (Commonhold Land) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/378), arts. 1(2), 3(5), 7(5)

C47

Act applied (with modifications) (30.9.2020) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/942), arts. 1(2), 3(5)

C48

Act applied (with modifications) (8.12.2021) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), art. 3(5) (with art. 12)

C49

Act applied (with modifications) (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), arts. 1(2), 5(5) (with art. 17)

C50

Act applied (with modifications) (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), arts. 1(2), 3(5) (with art. 17)

C51

Act applied (with modifications) (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), arts. 1(2), 6(2) (with art. 17)

C52

Act applied (with modifications) (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), arts. 1(2), 4(5) (with art. 17)

C53

Act modified (26.10.2023) by Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50), ss. 224(5), 240(4)

Commencement

I1

Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.