Legislation – Deregulation Act 2015

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Introduction

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

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 of gas

15 Suppliers of fuel and fireplaces

16 Sellers of knitting yarn

17 Authorisation of insolvency practitioners

18 Auditors ceasing to hold office

19 Insolvency and company law: miscellaneous

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

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

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

56 Repeal of power to make provision for blocking injunctions

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

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

64 Abolition of office of Chief Executive of Skills Funding

65 Further and higher education sectors: reduction of burdens

66 Schools: reduction of burdens

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 licensing: duty to review sanctions

78 TV licensing: alternatives to criminal sanctions

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

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

104 Power to spell out dates described in legislation

105 Combining different forms of subordinate legislation

106 Ambulatory references to international shipping instruments

107 Legislation no longer of practical use

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

112 Consequential amendments, repeals and revocations

113 Financial provision

114 Extent

115 Commencement

116 Short title

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Approved English apprenticeships

SCHEDULE 2 Driving instructors

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

SCHEDULE 6 Insolvency and company law

SCHEDULE 7 Ascertainment of rights of way

SCHEDULE 8 Provision of passenger rail services

SCHEDULE 9 Road traffic legislation: use of vehicles in emergency response by NHS

SCHEDULE 10 Regulation of the use of roads and railways

SCHEDULE 11 Enforcement of transport legislation

SCHEDULE 12 Household waste: London

SCHEDULE 13 Other measures relating to animals, food and the environment

SCHEDULE 14 Abolition of office of the Chief Executive of Skills Funding

SCHEDULE 15 Further and higher education: reduction of burdens

SCHEDULE 16 Schools: reduction of burdens

SCHEDULE 17 Part to be inserted as Part 5A of the Licensing Act 2003

SCHEDULE 18 Amendments consequential on section 69

SCHEDULE 19 CLC practitioner services: consequential amendments

SCHEDULE 20 The Council for Licensed Conveyancers: other amendments

SCHEDULE 21 Poisons and explosives precursors

SCHEDULE 22 Removal of consultation requirements

SCHEDULE 23 Legislation no longer of practical use

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Schedule 19 contains consequential amendments relating to sections 86 and 87.