Statutory Instruments
2019 No. 1074
Consumer Protection
Health And Safety
Weights And Measures
The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2019
Made
2nd July 2019
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 12(1) of Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015( 1 ), (“the Act”), makes the following Order.
A draft of this Order was laid before Parliament in accordance with paragraph 12(6) of Schedule 5 to the Act and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2019 and comes into force 21 days after the day on which this Order is made.
Amendments to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 etc
2. In paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to the Act—
(a) in the entry relating to paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 10 to the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 2002 ( S.I. 2002/1144 ), after “( S.I. 2002/1144 )” insert “so far as that paragraph remains in force by virtue of regulation 2(6) of the Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018 ( S.I. 2018/390 )”;
(b) for the entry “regulation 10(1) of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 ( S.I. 2005/1803 );” substitute “the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 ( S.I. 2005/1803 ), if they are duties and powers of an enforcement authority (within the meaning of regulation 2 of those Regulations);”;
(c) in the entry relating to regulation 70 of the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 ( S.I. 2016/1153 ), for “regulations 70” substitute “regulation 67”; and
(d) at the end, insert—
“ regulation 4(1) and (2) of the Gas Appliances (Enforcement) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018 ( S.I. 2018/389 );
regulation 4(1) and (2) of the Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018 ( S.I. 2018/390 ). ” .
3. Omit paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 3 (revocations and transitional and consequential provisions) to the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016( 2 ).
Kelly Tolhurst
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
2nd July 2019