Legislation – Enterprise Act 2016

PART 1
The Small Business Commissioner

1 Small Business Commissioner

2 Small businesses in relation to which the Commissioner has functions

3 General advice and information

4 The SBC complaints scheme

5 Enquiry into, consideration and determination of complaints

6 Reports on complaints

7 Scheme regulations

8 Confidentiality

9 Annual report

10 Review of Commissioner’s performance

11 Power to abolish the Commissioner

12 Regulations under section 11: procedure

13 Definitions used in Part 1

PART 2
Regulators

14 Extension of target to provisions made by regulators

15 Duty to report on effect of regulators’ code

16 Duty to report on effect of economic growth duty

17 Power of Welsh Ministers to apply regulators’ principles and code of practice

18 Removal of restrictions

19 Secondary legislation: duty to review

PART 3
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008

20 Extending the primary authority scheme

21 Devolved Welsh matters

PART 4
Apprenticeships

22 The Institute for Apprenticeships

23 The Institute for Apprenticeships: transitional provision

24 Public sector apprenticeship targets

25 Only statutory apprenticeships to be described as apprenticeships

26 Apprenticeships: information sharing

27 Apprenticeship funding

PART 5
Late payment of insurance claims

28 Insurance contracts: implied term about payment of claims

29 Contracting out of the implied term about payment of claims

30 Additional time limit for actions for damages for late payment of insurance claims

PART 6
Non-domestic rating

31 Disclosure of HMRC information in connection with non-domestic rating

32 Alteration of non-domestic rating lists

PART 7
Sunday working

33 Sunday working

PART 8
Other enterprise-related provisions

34 Allowable assistance under Industrial Development Act 1982

35 Grants towards electronic communications services and networks

36 UK Government Investments Limited

37 Disposal of Crown’s shares in UK Green Investment Bank company

38 UK Green Investment Bank: transitional provision

39 Market rent only option: rent assessments etc

40 Reports on avoidance

PART 9
Public sector employment: restrictions on exit payments

41 Restriction on public sector exit payments

PART 10
General provisions

42 Consequential amendments, repeals and revocations

43 Transitional, transitory or saving provision

44 Commencement

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 The Small Business Commissioner

SCHEDULE 2 Business impact target: consequential and related amendments

SCHEDULE 3 Primary authority scheme: new Schedule 4A to RESA 2008

SCHEDULE 4 The Institute for Apprenticeships

SCHEDULE 5 Sunday working

SCHEDULE 6 Restriction on public sector exit payments: consequential and related provision

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PART 1The Small Business Commissioner

Reports and reviews

9Annual report

(1)

After the end of each reporting period, the Commissioner must prepare and publish a report which—

(a)

describes what the Commissioner has done during the period,

(b)

contains a summary of the matters which the Commissioner considers to be the most significant matters raised by small businesses with the Commissioner during the period, and

(c)

states the Commissioner’s recommendations (if any) as to how any of these matters might be addressed.

(2)

As well as publishing the report, the Commissioner must send a copy to the Secretary of State.

(3)

The Secretary of State must lay a copy of the report before Parliament.

(4)

In this section “reporting period” means—

(a)

the period beginning with the day on which section 1 comes into force and ending with the following 31 March, and

(b)

each successive period of 12 months.