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The Price Marking (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011

S.R. 2011/330 · Made 22 September 2011

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Consumer Protection

Made 22nd September 2011

Coming into operation 1st November 2011

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investmentf1 makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Prices Act 1974f2 and now vested in itf3.

In accordance with section 4(3) of that Act,f4 the Department has consulted, in such manner as appeared to it to be appropriate having regard to the subject matter and urgency of this Order, with such organisations, representative of interests substantially affected by this Order as appeared to it, having regard to those matters, to be appropriate.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Art. 3(5)

f2

1974 c.24, section 4(1) substituted by section 16(1) of the Price Commission Act 1977 (c.33) and sections 4(2) and 4(5) amended by sections 16(2)(a) and 16(3) of the Price Commission Act 1977.

f3

By S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Art. 4

f4

Section 4(3) substituted by section 1(2) and paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c.14).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Change in Value Added Tax
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Price Marking (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011 and shall come into operation on 1st November 2011.

2Change in Value Added Tax

In Article 12(a) of the Price Marking Order (Northern Ireland) 2004f1 for “14” substitute “28”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 22nd September 2011.

L.S.

M. Bohill

A senior officer of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Price Marking Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004 No. 368). Article 12 of that Order allowed traders to indicate changes to the Value Added Tax rate on goods by way of a general notice, for a period of up to 14 days after the change had come into effect. This Order extends that period to 28 days.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no significant impact on the costs of business.