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Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 1186

CONSUMER PROTECTION

The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2001

Made

25th March 2001

Laid before Parliament

27th March 2001

Coming into force

1st May 2001

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated( 1 ) for the purposes of section 2(2) of European Communities Act 1972( 2 ) in relation to measures relating to consumer protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that subsection, makes the following Regulations:—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st May 2001.

2. The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999( 3 ) are amended as follows:—

(a) By adding the following after regulation 15—

“ The functions of the Financial Services Authority

16. The functions of the Financial Services Authority under these Regulations shall be treated as functions of the Financial Services Authority under the Financial Services Act 1986 ( 4 ) . ”

(b) By substituting the following for the list in Part One of Schedule 1—

“ 1 The Information Commissioner.

2. The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority.

3. The Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland.

4. The Director General of Gas for Northern Ireland.

5. The Director General of Telecommunications.

6. The Director General of Water Services.

7. The Rail Regulator.

8. Every weights and measures authority in Great Britain.

9. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland.

10. The Financial Services Authority. ”

Kim Howells,

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Consumers and Corporate Affairs,

Department of Trade and Industry

25th March 2001

( 1 )

S.I. 1993/2661 .

( 2 )

1972 c. 68 .

( 3 )

S.I. 1999/2083 .

( 4 )

1986 c. 60 .

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The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (2001/1186)

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