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Welsh Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 1831 (W. 267) (C. 115)
Housing, Wales
Consumer Protection, Wales
The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Commencement No. 2) (Wales) Order 2015
Made
21 October 2015
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the power conferred by section 100(3)(b) of the Consumer Rights Act 2015(1), make the following Order:
Title, application and interpretation
1.-(1) The title of this Order is the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Commencement No. 2) (Wales) Order 2015.
(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.
(3) In this Order, "the Act" ("y Ddeddf") means the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
Provisions coming into force on 21 October 2015
2. Chapter 3 of Part 3 of the Act comes into force on 21 October 2015 insofar as it is not already in force.
3. Schedule 9 to the Act comes into force on 21 October 2015 insofar as it is not already in force.
Lesley Griffiths
Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty, one of the Welsh Ministers
21 October 2015
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force, on 21 October 2015, Chapter 3 of Part 3 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 ("the Act") for remaining purposes.
Chapter 3 of Part 3 of the Act requires letting agents to publicise relevant fees at their premises and on their website (if they have one). Chapter 3 also provides for enforcement of the duty by every local weights and measures authority in Wales.
Chapter 3 of Part 3 came into force upon Royal Assent of the Act on 26 March 2015 for the purposes of making regulations.
Section 87 (enforcement of the duty of letting agents to publicise fees) and Schedule 9 (duty of letting agents to publicise fees: financial penalties) of the Act are commenced in this Order. Schedule 9 provides a procedure for and appeals against financial penalties.
NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force to their fullest extent (unless indicated otherwise) by commencement orders made before the date of this Order:
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. Number |
|---|---|---|
| Section 89 | 1 September 2015 | 2015/1605 (W. 203) |