Provisions coming into force on 1st October 20182

The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 is 1st October 2018—

a

section 1(1) to (5) and (7) (the single financial guidance body);

b

section 2 (objectives);

c

section 3(2) and (3) (functions);

d

section 6 (debt respite scheme: advice to the Secretary of State);

e

section 7 (debt respite scheme: regulations);

f

section 8 (guidance and directions from the Secretary of State);

g

section 9 (setting standards);

h

section 11(2) (financial assistance from the Secretary of State);

i

section 15 (false claims about provision of information etc);

j

section 16 (offences under section 15 committed by bodies corporate etc);

k

section 17(1) to (3), (6)(a), (7) and (8) (disclosure of information);

l

section 23 (power to dissolve the single financial guidance body);

m

section 24 (regulations dissolving the new single financial guidance body: procedure);

n

section 26 (interpretation of Part 1);

o

Schedule 1 (the single financial guidance body);

p

Schedule 2 (transfer schemes under section 1); and

q

the following provisions in Schedule 3 (minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 1) and section 25 (minor and consequential amendments) so far as it relates to them—

i

paragraph 1;

ii

paragraph 2;

iii

paragraph 3;

iv

paragraph 4;

v

paragraph 6;

vi

paragraph 11;

vii

paragraph 13(c);

viii

paragraph 14(2)(c) and (3)(c);

ix

paragraph 21(2)(b), (3)(b), (5)(a)(ii) and (5)(b)(iv);

x

paragraph 23;

xi

paragraph 24;

xii

paragraph 28; and

xiii

paragraph 30(a) and (c).