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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-2015-commencement-no-5-and-saving-provision-regulations-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/532",
  "legislation_title": "The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Commencement No. 5 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2016",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations bring into force specified provisions of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c.26) (“the Act”). These are the fifth commencement regulations made under the Act. Certain provisions came into force on the passing of the Act.\nRegulation 2 brings into force on 2nd May 2016 provisions that establish the Pubs Code Adjudicator and concern the funding of that office.\nRegulation 3 brings into force all provisions in Part 4 the Act (The Pubs Code Adjudicator and the Pubs Code) that have not yet been commenced on 26th May 2016 or on the same day as the Pubs Code etc. Regulations 2016 (laid in draft on 14th April 2016) come into force, whichever is the later.\nRegulation 4 brings into force on 1st June 2016 section 38 of the Act, which repeals section 18 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (c. 27) (“the CAICE Act”), and inserts new section 18A into that Act. The effect is to change the basis on which exemption from liability in damages for acts and omissions of bodies concerned with accounting standards etc. arises. Paragraph (2) contains a saving in relation to exemption from liability which has arisen under section 18 of the CAICE Act in relation to acts and omissions occurring before the repeal of that section on 1st June 2016.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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