Part 4: Consumer rights and disputes Consequential amendments etc and transitional provision Schedule 27: Chapter 4 of Part 4: consequential amendments etc.
This Schedule modifies other legislation for the purpose of Chapter 4. In particular, this Schedule:
Amends section 14 of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973, section 33B of the Limitation Act 1980, section 1B of the Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984, article 51B of the Limitation (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1339 (N.I. 11)) and section 140AA of the Equality Act 2010. These provisions extend limitation periods to facilitate consumer ADR if the deadline for commencing proceedings would otherwise expire during or immediately following the ADR process and the amendments update these provisions to reflect the enactment of Chapter 4.
Adds Chapter 4 to Schedule 3 of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (RESA) in line with the inclusion of Chapters 1-3 of Part 4 in that Schedule.
Amends Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (investigatory powers etc.) so that the Secretary of State can use the investigatory powers in that Schedule for investigating actual or suspected breaches of Chapter 4.
Adds a reference to Chapter 4 in Schedules 14 and 15 of the Enterprise Act 2002. The amendment of Schedule 14 ensures that information relating to individuals and businesses which comes to the Secretary of State in the exercise of the Secretary of State’s functions under Chapter 4 is "specified information" to which the restrictions on disclosure under Part 9 of the Enterprise Act 2002 apply. The amendment to Schedule 15 ensures that the Secretary of State may, under section 241(3) of that Act, disclose that information to any other person for the purposes of Chapter 4. This ensures consistency with other consumer protection legislation to which Part 9 of the Enterprise Act 2002 applies.
Revokes the EU-derived Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes (Competent Authorities and Information) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/542), which Chapter 4 of Part 4 replaces.