# The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2013, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(This note is not part of the Order)
This is the first Commencement Order made under the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24) (“the Act”). Certain provisions came into force on the passing of the Act.
This Order commences certain provisions of the Act relating to the Agricultural Wages Board (“the AWB”) in England and Wales and related English Agricultural Wages Committees (“AWCs”) and Agricultural Dwelling-House Advisory Committees (“ADHACs”). It also commences one provision concerning planning and one concerning employment.
Article 2(a) brings section 19 of the Act (worker subject to detriment by co-worker or agent of employer) into force on 25th June 2013.
Article 2(b) and (c) and Schedule 1 provide for the commencement on 25th June 2013 of the provision in the Act which abolishes the AWB and of consequential repeals and revocations of enactments relating to the establishment and structure of the AWB and the setting of wages and other terms and conditions of workers employed in agriculture under the Agricultural Wages Act 1948 (c. 47) (“the 1948 Act”).
Article 2(d) brings into force on 25th June 2013 two paragraphs of Schedule 17 (heritage planning regulation) to the Act. Paragraph 9 removes the restrictions relating to the circumstances when applications for certificates of immunity from listing can be made in England. Paragraph 20 is a transitional provision in relation to paragraph 8 of Schedule 17 to the Act, which comes into force on 25th June 2013 under commencement provisions in the Act, relating to the listing of buildings of special architectural or historical interest in England.
Article 3 and Schedule 2 provide for the commencement on 1st October 2013 of further consequential repeals and revocations of provisions in enactments relating to enforcement and applications made to AWCs and ADHACs in England by workers employed in agriculture.
Article 4 provides for savings as follows. Paragraph (1) provides for the continued application until 1st October 2013 of the Agricultural Wages (England and Wales) Order 2012 (“the 2012 Order”) made by the AWB under powers conferred by the 1948 Act. Paragraph (2) provides for savings for rights accrued and liabilities incurred, and the validity of anything done, under the 2012 Order and any previous Orders revoked by the 2012 Order. Paragraph (3) provides for the continued application of relevant provisions of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 (c. 80) on and after 1st October 2013 in relation to an application to an ADHAC for advice in England commenced before that date. Paragraph (4) and Schedule 3 provide for the continued application of the enforcement provisions of the 1948 Act on and after 1st October 2013 in relation to a worker employed in agriculture before that date.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1455/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-and-regulatory-reform-act-2013-commencement-no-1-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2013/note
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