Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2001
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2001/1186 |
| Year | 2001 |
2001 No. 1186
CONSUMER PROTECTION
The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2001
Made 25th March 2001
Laid before Parliament 27th March 2001
Coming into force 1st May 2001
The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated1for the purposes of section 2(2) of European Communities Act 19722in relation to measures relating to consumer protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that subsection, makes the following Regulations:—
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st May 2001.
2. The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 19993are amended as follows:—
(a) By adding the following after regulation 15—
“The functions of the Financial Services Authority
16. The functions of the Financial Services Authority under these Regulations shall be treated as functions of the Financial Services Authority under the Financial Services Act 19864.”
(b) By substituting the following for the list in Part One of Schedule 1—
“1. The Information Commissioner.
2. The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority.
3. The Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland.
4. The Director General of Gas for Northern Ireland.
5. The Director General of Telecommunications.
6. The Director General of Water Services.
7. The Rail Regulator.
8. Every weights and measures authority in Great Britain.
9. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland.
10. The Financial Services Authority.”
Kim Howells,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Consumers and Corporate Affairs,
Department of Trade and Industry
25th March 2001
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (“the principal Regulations”) by adding the Financial Services Authority to the list of qualifying bodies in Part One of Schedule 1. These Regulations also amend the principal Regulations to reflect changes in the names of certain of the qualifying bodies listed in Part One of Schedule 1, and to reflect the fact that the functions of the Director General of Electricity Supply and of the Director General of Gas Supply have been transferred to the Gas and...
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