Statutory Instruments
2018 No. 1046
Exiting The European Union
Competition
Regulatory Reform
The Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013, Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 and Enterprise Act 2016 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
Sift requirements satisfied
5th September 2018
Made
5th October 2018
Laid before Parliament
9th October 2018
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018( 1 ).
The requirements of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7 to that Act (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these regulations) have been satisfied.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013, Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 and Enterprise Act 2016 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 and come into force on exit day.
Amendment of the Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013
2. In section 18(3)(b) of the Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013 (confidentiality) ( 2 ) , for “an EU obligation” substitute “a retained EU obligation”.
Amendment of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015
3. In section 23(5)(b) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (duty on Secretary of State to publish reports)( 3 ), omit “EU obligation or any other”.
Amendment of the Enterprise Act 2016
4. In section 8(2)(c) of the Enterprise Act 2016 (confidentiality)( 4 ), for “EU obligation” substitute “retained EU obligation”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Henley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
5th October 2018
2015 c.26 . Section 23 was amended by section 14(4) of and paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 2 to the Enterprise Act 2016 (c.12) .