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The Energy Act 2011 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2015

S.I. 2015/880 · Made 25 March 2015

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Energy

Made 25th March 2015

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by section 121(1) of the Energy Act 2011f1, makes the following Order.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2011 c.16.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Commencement
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Provisions coming into force on 26th March 2015
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Energy Act 2011 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2015.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Energy Act 2011.

2Commencement

The provisions of the Act specified in the Schedule come into force on 26th March 2015.

Signature

Edward Davey

Secretary of State

Department of Energy and Climate Change

25th March 2015

Provisions coming into force on 26th March 2015

ProvisionsSubject Matter of Provisions
Section 42Meaning of “domestic PR property” and “non-domestic PR property”: England and Wales
Section 43Domestic energy efficiency regulations
Section 44Further provision about domestic energy efficiency regulations
Section 45(1) to (4), (5)(a) and (b), (5)(d) to (f), (6)(a) to (c), (7) as if “(c),” was omitted and (8)Sanctions for the purposes of domestic energy efficiency regulations
Section 46Tenants’ energy efficiency improvements regulations
Section 47Further provision about tenants’ energy efficiency improvements regulations
Section 48(1) to (3), (7)(a) and (8)Sanctions for the purposes of tenants’ energy efficiency improvements regulations
Section 49Non-domestic energy efficiency regulations
Section 50Further provision about non-domestic energy efficiency regulations
Section 51(1) to (3), (4)(a) and (b), (4)(d) to (f), (5)(a) to (c), (6) as if “(c),” was omitted and (7)Sanctions for the purposes of non-domestic energy efficiency regulations
Section 52Regulations and orders: Chapter 2
Section 53Crown application: Chapter 2
Section 115Additional powers of the Coal Authority: England and Wales
Section 116Additional powers of the Coal Authority: Scotland

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 26th March 2015 the provisions of Chapter 2 of Part 1 (sections 42 to 53) of the Energy Act 2011 listed in the Schedule. These provisions relate to energy efficiency in the Private Rented Sector in England and Wales.

This Order also brings into force on 26th March 2015 the provisions of Part 4 (sections 115 and 116) of the Energy Act 2011. These provisions provide additional powers to the Coal Authority by inserting two new sections into the Coal Industry Act 1994.