Statutory Instruments
2024 No. 1291
COMPETITION
CONSUMER PROTECTION
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Order 2024
Made
4th December 2024
Laid before Parliament
9th December 2024
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 238(5) and (6) and 241(6) of the Enterprise Act 2002( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Order 2024.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3) , this Order comes into force on 1st January 2025.
(3) Article 2 (3) so far as it inserts a reference to the 2 ) comes into force on 24th February 2025.
(4) This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Amendment of the Enterprise Act 2002
2. —(1)The Enterprise Act 2002 is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 14 (specified functions)( 3 ), at the appropriate place insert—
“ Articles 13A to 13E of the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 ( S.I. 2002/3150 (N.I. 4)) ( 4 ) . ” .
(3) In Schedule 15 (enactments conferring functions)( 5 ), at the appropriate places insert—
“ Bank of England Act 1998 (c. 11) . ” ;
“ Banking Act 2009 (c. 1) . ” ;
“ Schedule 11 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29) . ” ;
“ Procurement Act 2023 (c. 54) . ” .
Justin Madders
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets
4th December 2024
Department for Business and Trade
2002 c. 40 . Section 241 was amended by section 55 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24) .
Schedule 14 was amended by section 12(3) of the Fireworks Act 2003 (c. 22) , section 29(1) of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (c. 17) , paragraph 95(1) and (3) of Schedule 18 to the Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21) , section 21(4) of the Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013 (c. 19) , paragraphs 67 and 81 of Schedule 6 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15) , paragraph 26 of Schedule 1 to the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26) , section 41(10) of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (c. 27) , section 80(3) of the Subsidy Control Act 2022 (c. 23) , section 48(7) of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 (c. 46) , sections 109(1) and 317 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 28 to, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13) , S.I. 2003/1400 , S.I. 2003/2580 , S.I. 2007/2977 , S.I. 2008/1277 , S.I. 2010/2960 , S.I. 2013/1575 , S.I. 2014/892 , S.I. 2015/1726 and S.I. 2018/1253 .
Articles 13A to 13E were inserted by S.I. 2005/1454 (N.I. 9) and subsequently amended by section 99(2) of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21) , S.I. 2014/892 and S.I. 2019/93 .
Schedule 15 was amended by paragraph 174(1) and (7) of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) , section 12(3) of the Fireworks Act 2003, paragraph 36(1) and (4) of Schedule 7 to the Water Act 2003 (c. 37) , paragraph 18(1) and (4) of Schedule 12 to the Railways Act 2005 (c. 14) , section 29(2) of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007, paragraphs 163 and 166 of Schedule 12 to the Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5) , paragraphs 13 and 15 of Schedule 9 to the Civil Aviation Act 2012 (c. 19) , section 21(4) of the Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013, paragraph 39 of Schedule 15 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, paragraph 35 of Schedule 4 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015, paragraph 28(6) of Schedule 23 to the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20) , paragraph 26 of Schedule 1 to the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, section 118 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) , section 109(2) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 28 to, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, S.I. 2003/1400 , S.I. 2006/2909 , S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21) , S.I. 2007/2194 , S.I. 2007/2977 , S.I. 2009/1941 , S.I. 2010/2960 , S.I. 2011/2491 , S.I. 2013/1575 , S.I. 2014/469 , S.I. 2014/892 , S.I. 2014/2807 , S.I. 2015/1726 , S.I. 2015/1911 , S.I. 2017/506 , S.I. 2017/752 and S.I. 2018/1253 .