Article 2 Provisions coming into force on 1st October 2015

The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 1st October 2015—

(a)

section 1 (health and safety at work: general duty of self-employed persons) so far as not already in force^f1;

(b)

section 15 (suppliers of fuel and fireplaces);

(c)

section 17 (authorisation of insolvency practitioners);

(d)

section 18 and Schedule 5 (auditors ceasing to hold office);

(e)

section 19^f2 (insolvency and company law) so far as it relates to the following provisions of Schedule 6, and those provisions:-

(i)

Part 1 (deeds of arrangement);

(ii)

paragraphs 4, 6 and 7 of Part 2 (administration of companies);

(iii)

Part 3 (winding up of companies);

(iv)

Part 4 (disqualification of unfit directors of insolvent companies);

(v)

paragraph 12 of Part 5, so far as it relates to paragraph 16 of Part 5, and paragraph 16 of Part 5 (bankruptcy); and

(vi)

Part 6 (authorisation of insolvency practitioners);

(f)

section 59, so far as it relates to Part 5 (noise abatement zones) of Schedule 13, and Part 5 of that Schedule;

(g)

section 66(1) to (4) (schools: reduction of burdens);

(h)

section 71(late night refreshment).

Annotations

f1: By virtue of section 115(2) of the Act.
f2: Section 19, to the extent that it relates to paragraph 5, and Parts 7 and 8 of Schedule 6, was commenced by section 115(5) of the Act. Paragraph 5 and Parts 7 and 8 of Schedule 6 were commenced by section 115(3)(n) of the Act.