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The Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Consumer Council and Transfer of the Office of Fair Trading’s Functions in relation to Estate Agents etc) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/631 · Made 13 March 2014 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Public Bodies

Made 13th March 2014

Coming into force in accordance with Article 1(2) to (6)

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2), 5(1)(b), 6(1), (2) and (5) and 35(2) of the Public Bodies Act 2011f1 (“the Act”).

The Treasury have consented to the making of this Order in so far as their consent is required by section 6(4) of the Act.

In accordance with section 8 of the Act, the Secretary of State considers that this Order—

(a)

serves the purpose of improving the exercise of public functions, having had regard to the factors set out in section 8(1); and

(b)

does not remove any necessary protection or prevent any person from continuing to exercise any right or freedom which that person might reasonably expect to continue to exercise.

The Scottish Parliament has consented to the making of this Order in so far as its consent is required by section 9(1) of the Act.

The consent of the Northern Ireland Assembly has been obtained in accordance with section 9(3) of the Act.

The Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with section 10 of the Act.

The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux and the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux have consented to the transfer of functions made by this Order in so far as their consent is required by section 21(1) of the Act.

A draft of this Order, and an explanatory document containing the information required in section 11(2) of the Act, have been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 11(1) of the Act after the end of the period of twelve weeks mentioned in section 11(3).

In accordance with section 11(4) of the Act, the draft of this Order has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament after the expiry of the 40-day period referred to in that provision.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2011 c. 24.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
  2. 2Abolition of the National Consumer Council
  3. 3Transfer of functions of the National Consumer Council
  4. 4Transfer of OFT functions in relation to a consumer advice scheme
  5. 5Transfer of OFT functions in relation to estate agents
  6. Signature
  7. Schedule 1: Transfer of certain functions of the National Consumer Council, transfer of certain consumer advice scheme functions of the OFT and consequential, supplementary, incidental and transitional provision
  8. Part 1: Amendments to Acts
  9. 1Public Records Act 1958
  10. 2Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967
  11. 3House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975
  12. 4Gas Act 1986
  13. 5Electricity Act 1989
  14. 6Water Industry Act 1991
  15. 7Postal Services Act 2000
  16. 8Utilities Act 2000
  17. 9Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000
  18. 10Freedom of Information Act 2000
  19. 11Communications Act 2003
  20. 12Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007
  21. 13Postal Services Act 2011
  22. 14Public Bodies Act 2011
  23. Part 2: Amendments to Acts of the Scottish Parliament
  24. 15Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3)
  25. 16Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11)
  26. 17Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 13)
  27. 18Water Services etc (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3)
  28. 19Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8)
  29. Part 3: Amendment to Northern Ireland legislation
  30. 20Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975
  31. 21The General Consumer Council (Northern Ireland) Order 1984
  32. Part 4: Statutory Instruments
  33. 22Enterprise Act 2002 (Bodies Designated to make Super-Complaints) Order 2004
  34. 23Gas and Electricity (Consumer Complaints Handling Standards) Regulations 2008
  35. 24Infrastructure Planning (National Policy Statement Consultation) Regulations 2009
  36. 25Electricity (Standards of Performance) Regulations 2010 Repealed
  37. 26Electricity (Connection Standards of Performance) Regulations 2010
  38. 27Postal Services Act 2011 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2012
  39. Part 5: Transitional provisions
  40. 28Paragraph 28
  41. Schedule 2: Consequential, supplementary, incidental and transitional provision and savings relating to the transfer of functions under the Estate Agents Act 1979
  42. Part 1: Amendments to Acts
  43. 1Estate Agents Act 1979
  44. 2Companies Act 1985
  45. 3Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992
  46. 4Enterprise Act 2002
  47. 5Companies Act 2006
  48. 6Public Bodies Act 2011
  49. Part 2: Amendments to Acts of the Scottish Parliament
  50. 7Housing (Scotland) Act 2006
  51. Part 3: Amendments to Statutory Instruments
  52. 8Estate Agents (Entry and Inspection) Regulations 1981
  53. 9Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003
  54. 10Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006
  55. 11Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations 2009
  56. 12Overseas Companies Regulations 2009
  57. Part 4: Transitional provisions and savings
  58. 13General
  59. 14Costs orders
  60. 15General notices issued by the OFT
  61. 16Information
  62. Schedule 3: Consequential, supplementary, incidental and transitional provision and savings relating to the transfer of functions under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007
  63. Part 1: Amendments to Statutory Instruments
  64. 1Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999
  65. 2Money Laundering Regulations 2007
  66. Part 2: Transitional provisions and savings
  67. 3General
  68. 4Costs orders
  69. 5Change in appeal procedure
  70. 6Change in appeal procedure
  71. 7Change in appeal procedure
  72. Explanatory note