Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (c. 17)

Part 4 U.K. Miscellaneous and general

Subordinate legislation U.K.

62 Parliamentary control of orders and regulations U.K.

(1) Any instrument to which this subsection applies is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(2) Subsection (1) applies to any order or regulations made by the Secretary of State under any provision of this Act except—

(a) an order or regulations to which subsection (3) applies, or

(b) an order under section 66 (commencement).

(3) An order or regulations containing (whether alone or with other provision) provision made under or by virtue of any of the following provisions may not be made unless a draft of the order or regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament—

(a) section 4 (“designated consumers”);

(b) section 24(3)(d) (power to specify persons from whom [F1 the consumer advocacy bodies] may require information);

(c) section 31 (designation of the Consumer Council for Water for abolition);

(d) section 37(1) (conferral of additional functions on [F2 Citizens Advice or Citizens Advice Scotland]);

F3 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f) section 59 (contracts concluded away from business premises), so far as it enables provision to be made modifying an Act of Parliament;

(g) section 60(5) (consequential provision etc), so far as it enables such provision to be made;

(h) section 63(2) (consequential provision etc), so far as it enables such provision to be made.

(4) In subsection (3), “modify” has the same meaning as in Part 1.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 62(3)(b) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Consumer Council and Transfer of the Office of Fair Trading's Functions in relation to Estate Agents etc) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/631), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 12(46)(a) (with Sch. 1 para. 28, Sch. 2 paras. 13-15)

F2 Words in s. 62(3)(d) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Consumer Council and Transfer of the Office of Fair Trading's Functions in relation to Estate Agents etc) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/631), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 12(46)(b) (with Sch. 1 para. 28, Sch. 2 paras. 13-15)

F3 S. 62(3)(e) omitted (1.4.2014) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Consumer Council and Transfer of the Office of Fair Trading's Functions in relation to Estate Agents etc) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/631), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 12(46)(c) (with Sch. 1 para. 28, Sch. 2 paras. 13-15)