Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994
Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (1994 c. 40)
- Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (1994 c. 40)
- Part I Deregulation
- Chapter I General
- Removal or reduction of burdens
- 1 Power to remove or reduce certain statutory burdens on businesses, individuals etc.
- 2 Limitations on the power under section 1.
- 3 Preliminary consultation.
- 4 Parliamentary consideration of proposals.
- Enforcement procedures and appeals
- 5 Powers to improve enforcement procedures.
- 6 Model provisions with respect to appeals.
- 6 Model provisions with respect to appeals.
- Chapter II Miscellaneous Deregulatory Provisions
- 7 Undertakings as alternative to monopoly reference by Director General of Fair Trading.
- 8 Newspaper mergers: meaning of “newspaper proprietor” etc.
- 9 Undertakings as alternative to merger reference: non-divestment matters.
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- 12 Anti-competitive practices: competition references.
- 13 Striking off of non-trading private companies.
- 14 Repeal of section 43 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985.
- 15 Building societies: issue of deferred shares at a premium.
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- 18 Licensed premises at international ports: permitted hours.
- 19 Bars in licensed premises in England and Wales: children’s certificates.
- 20 Betting on Sundays.
- 21 Sporting events and activities on Sundays.
- 22 Sunday opening of certain licensed premises in Scotland.
- 23 Repeal of Part I of the Shops Act 1950.
- 24 Repeal of remainder of the Shops Act 1950.
- 25 Controls on fund-raising for charitable institutions: exclusion of connected companies.
- 26 Offences under section 63 of the Charities Act 1992: creation of statutory defence.
- 27 Applications for permits to conduct public charitable collections: time-limits.
- 28 Annual audit or examination of charity accounts.
- 29 Annual reports of charities.
- 30 Annual returns by charities.
- 31 Slaughterhouses and knackers’ yards: uniting of enforcement functions.
- 32 Building regulations: power to repeal or modify provisions of local Acts.
- 33 Amendment of duty of care etc. as respects waste.
- 34 Controls on London lorries: replacement of discretionary exceptions.
- 35 Employment agencies etc.: replacement of licensing.
- 36 Unfair dismissal: selection for redundancy.
- 37 Power to repeal certain health and safety provisions.
- 38 Inspection of independent schools.
- 39 Chapter II: consequential amendments.
- 40 Extent of Chapter II.
- 41 The 1968 Act.
- 42 Use of vehicles under licences.
- 43 Objections to grant or variation of licences.
- 44 Determination of applications for licences.
- 45 Conditions for securing road safety.
- 46 Duration of licences and grant of interim licences.
- 47 Variation of licences.
- 48 Revocation, suspension and curtailment of licences.
- 49 Publication of applications.
- 50 Review and transfer of operating centres.
- 51 Assessors.
- 52 Review of decisions.
- 53 Appeals.
- 54 Partnerships.
- 55 Operators’ licences not to be transferable etc.
- 56 Fees.
- 57 Chapter III: minor and consequential amendments.
- CHAPTER IV Public Service Vehicle Operator Licensing etc.
- 58 The 1981 Act.
- 59 Undertakings given on applications.
- 60 Objections to applications for licences.
- 61 Duration of licences.
- 62 Suspension of licences.
- 63 Operators’ discs.
- 64 Repeal of section 27 of the 1981 Act.
- 65 Review of decisions and correction of errors.
- 66 Fees.
- 67 Disqualification of PSV operators.
- 68 Chapter IV: minor and consequential amendments.
- Part II Contracting Out
- Contracting out of functions
- 69 Functions of Ministers and office-holders.
- 70 Functions of local authorities.
- 71 Functions excluded from sections 69 and 70.
- 72 Effect of contracting out.
- 73 Termination of contracting out.
- Provisions for facilitating contracting out
- 74 Powers of certain office-holders.
- 75 Restrictions on disclosure of information.
- 76 Amendments of enactments etc.
- Supplemental
- 77 Provisions with respect to orders.
- 78 Extent of Part II.
- 79 Interpretation of Part II.
- 79A “Local authority”: England
- 79B “Local authority”: Wales
- 79C Regulations for the purposes of section 79A and 79B
- Part III Supplementary
- 80 Financial provisions.
- 81 Repeals.
- 82 Short title, commencement and extent.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Powers to Improve Enforcement Procedures
- Explanation of suggested remedial action
- Explanation of immediate enforcement action et ceteralaetc.
- Right to make representations
- Explanation of right of appeal
- Application of provisions to other interested persons
- SCHEDULE 2 Section 7: Sectoral Regulators
- Telecommunications
- Electricity
- Water
- Railways
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 3 Non-notifiable Agreements: Modifications of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976
- SCHEDULE 4 Section 12: Sectoral Regulators and Transition
- Sectoral regulators
- Transition
- SCHEDULE 5 Striking off of Non-trading Private Companies: Great Britain
- SCHEDULE 6 Striking Off of Non-trading Private Companies: Northern Ireland
- SCHEDULE 7 Children’s Certificates: Supplementary Provisions
- SCHEDULE 9 Slaughterhouses and Knackers’ Yards: Uniting of Enforcement Functions
- Powers to transfer enforcement functions to agriculture Ministers
- Territorial division of enforcement functions under the Food Safety Act 1990
- SCHEDULE 10 Employment Agencies etc.: Replacement of Licensing
- Part I General
- Great Britain
- Northern Ireland
- Part II Seamen
- United Kingdom
- Great Britain
- Northern Ireland
- SCHEDULE 11 Miscellaneous Deregulatory Provisions: Consequential Amendments
- Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26)
- Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41)
- Energy Act 1976 (c. 76)
- Competition Act 1980 (c. 21)
- Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27)
- Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (c. 46)
- Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53)
- Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60)
- Companies Act 1989 (c. 40)
- Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (N.I. 18)
- Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (N.I. 5)
- Charities Act 1993 (c. 10)
- SCHEDULE 12 . . .
- Part I Amendment of the Transport Act 1968 (1968 c. 73)
- Part II Amendment of other Enactments
- SCHEDULE 14 PSV Operator Licensing etc: Minor and Consequential Amendments
- SCHEDULE 15 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information
- Preliminary
- Disclosures between contracting parties etc.
- Disclosures by contracting parties to contractor B
- Disclosures by contracting parties to contractor C
- Disclosures by contractor A to authority D
- Disclosures to contractor A by authority E
- Disclosures for audit purposes
- Implied term of contractor A’s contract
- Unauthorised disclosures
- Interpretation: general
- SCHEDULE 16 Amendments etc. for Facilitating Contracting Out
- Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881 (c.60) and Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (c.24)
- Courts Act 1971 (c.23)
- Local Government Act 1972 (c.70)
- Patents Act 1977 (c.37)
- Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.58)
- Companies Act 1985 (c.6)
- Gas Act 1986 (c.44)
- Agriculture Act 1986 (c.49)
- European Economic Interest Grouping Regulations 1989
- Food Safety Act 1990 (c.16)
- Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5)
- Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c.8)
- SCHEDULE 17 Repeals