Deregulation Act 2015
Deregulation Act 2015 (2015 c. 20)
- Deregulation Act 2015 (2015 c. 20)
- Measures affecting the workplace: general
- 1 Health and safety at work: general duty of self-employed persons
- 2 Removal of employment tribunals' power to make wider recommendations
- 3 Apprenticeships: simplification
- 4 English apprenticeships: funding arrangements
- 5 English apprenticeships: disclosure of information
- 6 Requirements to wear safety helmets: exemption for Sikhs
- 7 Requirements to wear safety helmets: exemption for Sikhs: Northern Ireland
- Measures affecting business: particular areas
- 8 Driving instructors
- 9 Motor insurers
- 10 Taxis and private hire vehicles: duration of licences
- 11 Private hire vehicles: sub-contracting
- 12 Space activity: limit on indemnity required
- 13 Agricultural Holdings Act 1986: resolution of disputes by third party determination
- 14 Shippers etc of gas
- 15 Suppliers of fuel and fireplaces
- 16 Sellers of knitting yarn
- Companies and insolvency
- 17 Authorisation of insolvency practitioners
- 18 Auditors ceasing to hold office
- 19 Insolvency and company law: miscellaneous
- Use of land
- 20 Recorded rights of way: additional protection
- 21 Unrecorded rights of way: protection from extinguishment
- 22 Conversion of public rights of way to private rights of way
- 23 Applications by owners etc for public path orders
- 24 Extension of powers to authorise erection of gates at owner's request
- 25 Applications for certain orders under Highways Act 1980: cost recovery
- 26 Public rights of way: procedure
- 27 Erection of public statues (London): removal of consent requirement
- Housing and development
- 28 Reduction of qualifying period for right to buy
- 29 Removal of power to require preparation of housing strategies
- 30 Tenancy deposits: provision of information by agents
- 31 Tenancy deposits: non-compliance with requirements
- 32 Tenancy deposits: deemed compliance with requirements
- 33 Preventing retaliatory eviction
- 34 Further exemptions to section 33
- 35 Notice to be provided in relation to periodic assured shorthold tenancies
- 36 Time limits in relation to section 21 notices and proceedings
- 37 Prescribed form of section 21 notices
- 38 Compliance with prescribed legal requirements
- 39 Requirement for landlord to provide prescribed information
- 40 Repayment of rent where tenancy ends before end of a period
- 41 Application of sections 33 to 40
- 42 Optional building requirements
- 43 Amendment of Planning and Energy Act 2008
- 44 Short-term use of London accommodation: relaxation of restrictions
- 45 Short-term use of London accommodation: power to relax restrictions
- 46 Designation of urban development areas: procedure
- 47 Establishment of urban development corporations: procedure
- 48 Provision of advice etc about residential licences
- Transport
- 49 Removal of restrictions on provision of passenger rail services
- 50 Road traffic legislation: use of vehicles in emergency response by NHS
- 51 Reduction of burdens relating to the use of roads and railways
- 52 Reduction of burdens relating to enforcement of transport legislation
- 53 Civil penalties for parking contraventions: enforcement
- 54 Removal of restriction on investigation of tramway accidents in Scotland by RAIB
- 55 Removal of duty to order re-hearing of marine accident investigations
- Communications
- 56 Repeal of power to make provision for blocking injunctions
- The environment etc
- 57 Reduction of duties relating to energy and climate change
- 58 Household waste: de-criminalisation
- 59 Other measures relating to animals, food and the environment
- Regulation of child trust funds
- 60 Management of child trust funds: looked after children
- 61 Management of child trust funds: children 16 or over
- 62 Child trust funds: transfers
- 63 Child trust funds: safeguards for children's interests
- Education and training
- 64 Abolition of office of Chief Executive of Skills Funding
- 65 Further and higher education sectors: reduction of burdens
- 66 Schools: reduction of burdens
- Alcohol, sport and entertainment
- 67 Sale of alcohol: community events etc and ancillary business sales
- 68 Temporary event notices: increase in maximum number of events per year
- 69 Personal licences: no requirement to renew
- 70 Sale of liqueur confectionery to children under 16: abolition of offence
- 71 Late night refreshment
- 72 Removal of requirement to report loss or theft of licence etc to police
- 73 Motor racing on public roads: general
- 74 Motor racing: road closures
- 75 Motor racing: consequential amendments
- 76 Exhibition of films in community premises
- 77 TV licensing: duty to review sanctions
- 78 TV licensing: alternatives to criminal sanctions
- Administration of justice
- 79 Repeal of Senior President of Tribunals' duty to report on standards
- 80 Criminal procedure: written witness statements
- 81 Criminal procedure: written guilty pleas
- 82 Criminal procedure: powers to make Criminal Procedure Rules
- 83 “MAPPA arrangements” to cease to apply to certain offenders
- 84 Removal of requirement that prison closures be made by order
- 85 Power of HMRC to disclose information for purposes of certain litigation
- 86 CLC practitioner services bodies
- 87 Licensed CLC practitioners
- 88 CLC practitioner services: consequential amendments
- 89 The Council for Licensed Conveyancers: other amendments
- Other measures to reduce burdens on public authorities
- 90 Poisons and explosives precursors
- 91 London street trading appeals: removal of role of Secretary of State in appeals
- 92 Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004: enforcement
- 93 Reduction in regulation of providers of social work services
- 94 Electoral Commission: changes to facilitate efficient administration
- 95 LGBC for England: changes to facilitate efficient administration
- 96 NHS foundation trusts and NHS trusts: acquisitions and dissolutions etc
- 97 Access to registers kept by Gas and Electricity Markets Authority
- 98 Information contained in entries of births and deaths
- 99 Information contained in entries of marriages and civil partnerships
- 100 Repeal of duty to prepare sustainable community strategy
- 101 Repeal of duties relating to local area agreements
- 102 Repeal of provisions relating to multi-area agreements
- 103 Repeal of duties relating to consultation or involvement
- Legislative reform
- 104 Power to spell out dates described in legislation
- 105 Combining different forms of subordinate legislation
- 106 Ambulatory references to international shipping instruments
- Legislation no longer of practical use
- 107 Legislation no longer of practical use
- Exercise of regulatory functions
- 108 Exercise of regulatory functions: economic growth
- 109 Functions to which section 108 applies
- 110 Guidance on duty under section 108
- 111 Sections 108 to 110: interpretation
- General
- 112 Consequential amendments, repeals and revocations
- 113 Financial provision
- 114 Extent
- 115 Commencement
- 116 Short title
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Approved English apprenticeships
- PART 1 Main amendments
- PART 2 Consequential amendments
- Amendments of Part 1
- Other amendments of the 2009 Act
- PART 3 Apprenticeships: Wales
- PART 4 Transitional provision
- SCHEDULE 2 Driving instructors
- PART 1 Amendments of Part 5 RTA 1988 (as amended by RSA 2006)
- PART 2 Transitory amendments of Part 5 RTA 1988 (before amendment by RSA 2006)
- PART 3 Consequential and related amendments
- Road Traffic (Driving Instruction by Disabled Persons) Act 1993
- Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988
- Road Safety Act 2006
- SCHEDULE 3 Motor insurance industry: certificates of insurance
- SCHEDULE 4 Agricultural Holdings Act 1986: resolution of disputes by third party determination
- SCHEDULE 5 Auditors ceasing to hold office
- PART 1 Notification requirements
- PART 2 Miscellaneous
- Failure to re-appoint auditor: special procedure requirements
- Replacement of references to documents being deposited at the company's registered office
- SCHEDULE 6 Insolvency and company law
- PART 1 Deeds of arrangement
- Repeal of Deeds of Arrangement Act 1914
- PART 2 Administration of companies
- Appointment of administrators
- Release of administrator where no distribution to unsecured creditors other than by virtue of section 176A(2)(a)
- PART 3 Winding up of companies
- Removal of power of court to order payment into Bank of England of money due to company
- Release of liquidator where winding-up order rescinded
- PART 4 Disqualification of unfit directors of insolvent companies
- Application for making of disqualification order: power to require information
- PART 5 Bankruptcy
- Appointment of insolvency practitioner as interim receiver
- Statement of affairs
- After-acquired property of bankrupt
- PART 6 Authorisation of insolvency practitioners
- Repeal of provision for authorisation of nominees and supervisors in relation to voluntary arrangements
- Repeal of provision for authorisation of insolvency practitioners to be granted by competent authority
- PART 7 Liabilities of administrators and administrative receivers of companies and preferential debts of companies and individuals
- Treatment of liabilities relating to contracts of employment
- PART 8 Requirements of company law: proxies
- Proxies at a poll taken 48 hours or less after it was demanded
- SCHEDULE 7 Ascertainment of rights of way
- PART 1 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
- PART 2 New Schedule 13A to the 1981 Act
- PART 3 New Schedule 14A to the 1981 Act
- PART 4 Highways Act 1980
- PART 5 Consequential amendments
- SCHEDULE 8 Provision of passenger rail services
- Consequential amendments
- Franchise exemptions granted by Secretary of State: protection of railway assets etc
- Minor correcting amendments
- SCHEDULE 9 Road traffic legislation: use of vehicles in emergency response by NHS
- Traffic Management Act 2004
- Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/1078)
- Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1796)
- Zebra, Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings Regulations and General Directions 1997 (S.I. 1997/2400)
- Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002 (S.I. 2002/3113)
- SCHEDULE 10 Regulation of the use of roads and railways
- PART 1 Duration of driving licences to be granted to drivers with relevant or prospective disabilities
- PART 2 Permit schemes: removal of requirement for Secretary of State approval
- PART 3 Road humps
- PART 4 Pedestrian crossings: removal of requirement to inform Secretary of State
- PART 5 Off-road motoring events
- PART 6 Testing of vehicles
- PART 7 Rail vehicle accessibility regulations: exemption orders
- SCHEDULE 11 Enforcement of transport legislation
- PART 1 Drink and drug driving offences
- Removal of “statutory option” to have breath specimen replaced: road and rail transport
- No need for preliminary breath test before evidential breath test: road transport
- Removing restriction that evidential breath test must be taken at police station: rail transport
- Health care professionals advising whether condition is due to drugs: road and rail transport
- Further extension of role of health care professionals: road and rail transport
- Application of Road Traffic Act provisions in shipping regime
- Application of Road Traffic Act provisions in aviation regime
- PART 2 Bus lane contraventions
- SCHEDULE 12 Household waste: London
- SCHEDULE 13 Other measures relating to animals, food and the environment
- PART 1 Destructive imported animals
- Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932 (c. 12)
- Grey Squirrels (Prohibition of Importation and Keeping) Order 1937 (S.I. 1937/478)
- PART 2 Farriers
- Constitution of Farriers Registration Council
- PART 3 Joint waste authorities
- Removal of power to establish joint waste authorities in England
- PART 4 Air quality
- Removal of duty to conduct further air quality assessments
- PART 5 Noise abatement zones
- Removal of power of local authorities to designate area as noise abatement zone
- SCHEDULE 14 Abolition of office of the Chief Executive of Skills Funding
- PART 1 Main amendments
- PART 2 Consequential Amendments
- Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c.13)
- Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983 (c.40)
- Employment Act 1988 (c.19)
- Education Reform Act 1988 (c.40)
- Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c.13)
- Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c.23)
- Education Act 1996 (c.56)
- Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c.21)
- Education Act 2002 (c.32)
- Education Act 2005 (c.18)
- Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c.40)
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c.28)
- Education and Skills Act 2008 (c.25)
- Education Act 2011 (c.21)
- SCHEDULE 15 Further and higher education: reduction of burdens
- PART 1 Measures applying to England and Wales
- Control of interest rates on loans
- Powers of Secretary of State in relation to local authority maintained institutions
- Transfer of property etc
- PART 2 Measures applying to England only
- Control of governance of designated institutions conducted by companies
- Conversion of sixth form college corporations into further education corporations
- Powers of Secretary of State in relation to local authority maintained institutions
- Regulation of qualification requirements for teaching staff and principals
- SCHEDULE 16 Schools: reduction of burdens
- Responsibility for determining behaviour policy
- Home-school agreements
- Determining school terms
- Staffing matters
- Publication of reports
- SCHEDULE 17 Part to be inserted as Part 5A of the Licensing Act 2003
- SCHEDULE 18 Amendments consequential on section 69
- Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17)
- Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13)
- SCHEDULE 19 CLC practitioner services: consequential amendments
- Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61)
- Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)
- Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29)
- SCHEDULE 20 The Council for Licensed Conveyancers: other amendments
- SCHEDULE 21 Poisons and explosives precursors
- Abolition of Poisons Board
- Establishment of common regulatory system
- SCHEDULE 22 Removal of consultation requirements
- PART 1 Measures affecting England only
- National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949: making of byelaws
- Pests Act 1954: designation of rabbit clearance areas
- Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964: grading etc of horticultural produce
- Control of Pollution Act 1974: reduction of noise from plant or machinery
- Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976: metrication of measurements
- Forestry Act 1979: metrication of measurements
- Derelict Land Act 1982: grants for reclaiming or improving derelict land etc
- Horticultural Produce Act 1986: movement of horticultural produce
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- Land Drainage Act 1991: codes of practice
- Environment Act 1995: National Park grant
- Environment Act 1995: hedgerows
- Environment Act 1995: environmental subordinate legislation
- Local Government Act 1999: keeping of accounts by best value authorities
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000: grants to conservation boards
- Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004: schemes for combining fire and rescue authorities
- PART 2 Measures affecting England and Wales
- Water Industry Act 1991: provision of sewers
- Local Government Act 2003: commencement of BID arrangements following appeal
- SCHEDULE 23 Legislation no longer of practical use
- PART 1 Companies
- Companies Act 2006 (c. 46)
- PART 2 Industry
- Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881 (c. 60)
- Mining Industry Act 1920 (c. 50)
- Mining Industry Act 1926 (c. 28)
- Industry Act 1972 (c. 63)
- Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 (c. 3)
- British Steel Act 1988 (c. 35)
- European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (International Railway Tariffs Agreements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/1094)
- PART 3 Energy
- Atomic Energy Act 1946 (c. 80)
- Energy Act 1976 (c. 76)
- Nuclear Industry (Finance) Act 1977 (c. 7)
- Sustainable Energy Act 2003 (c. 30)
- Electricity and Gas (Energy Efficiency Obligations) Orders
- PART 4 Transport
- Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52)
- Subordinate legislation relating to railways
- PART 5 Environment
- Farm and Garden Chemicals Act 1967 (c. 50)
- Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12)
- Statutory Water Companies Act 1991 (c. 58)
- Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992 (c. 60)
- Highways (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 and 1994
- PART 6 Animals and Food
- Sea Fisheries Act 1868 and other fisheries legislation
- Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Acts 1928 and 1931
- Breeding of Dogs Act 1973 (c. 60)
- Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22)
- Milk: cessation of production
- Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act 1999 (c. 11)
- Coal and Other Mines (Horses) Order (S.I. 1956/1777)
- PART 7 Education
- Greenwich Hospital School (Regulations) (Amendment) Order 1948 (S.I. 1948/2792)
- PART 8 Civil law
- Defamation Act 1996 (c. 31)
- PART 9 Criminal law
- Town Police Clauses Act 1847 (10 &11 Vict. (c. 89))
- PART 10 Housing
- Housing Act 1988 (c. 50)
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