Introductory text

Contracts, England And Wales

Contracts, Northern Ireland

Made 23rd January 2018

Laid before Parliament 5th February 2018

Coming into force 26th February 2018

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated^f1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f2 in relation to matters relating to the combating of late payment in commercial transactions, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section of that Act and section 14A of the Interpretation Act 1978^f3.

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Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2002/248.
f2: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). The enabling powers of section 2(2) were extended by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51).
f3: 1978 c.30. Section14A was inserted by section 59(2) of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c.24).