Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 905 (C.43)
Consumer Protection
Estate Agents
The Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2008
Made
26th March 2008
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 66(2) of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007( 1 ).
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2008.
Interpretation
2. In this Order “the Act” means the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007.
Commencement
3. —(1) The provision of the Act specified in Schedule 1 shall come into force on 1st April 2008.
(2) The provisions of the Act specified in Schedule 2 shall come into force on 1st October 2008.
Gareth Thomas
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Consumer Affairs
Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
26 March 2008
Article 3(1)
SCHEDULE 1 PROVISION COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST APRIL 2008
Provision | Subject Matter of Provision |
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Paragraph 32 of Schedule 1 | Accounts of the National Consumer Council |
Article 3(2)
SCHEDULE 2 PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST OCTOBER 2008
Provisions | Subject Matter of Provisions |
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Section 53(2) | Further provision relating to membership of redress schemes |
Section 55 | Grounds for prohibition orders |
Section 56 | Grounds for warning orders |
Section 57 | Powers of entry and inspection |
Section 58 | Failure to produce information |
Section 63(1) (insofar as it relates to provisions in Schedule 7 brought into force on 1st October 2008 by this Order) | Minor, consequential and transitional provision |
Section 64 (insofar as it relates to provisions in Schedule 8 brought into force on 1st October 2008 by this Order) | Repeals |
Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 7 | Amendments to the Estate Agents Act 1979( 2 ) |
In Schedule 8, the entry relating to the Estate Agents Act 1979 | Repeals |