UK Act of Parliament 2016 United Kingdom

Enterprise Act 2016

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Part 3 — Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008

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Part 5 — Late payment of insurance claims

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Part 6 — Non-domestic rating

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Part 7 — Sunday working

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Part 9 — Public sector employment: restrictions on exit payments

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Part 10 — General provisions

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The Commissioner is a corporation sole.

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A defect in appointment does not affect the validity of...

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(1) The Commissioner may appoint staff. (2) Staff are to...

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(1) The Commissioner may make arrangements for persons to be...

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Before appointing staff under paragraph 11 or making arrangements under...

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(1) The Secretary of State may make payments and provide...

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(1) The application of the Commissioner's seal must be authenticated...

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The Commissioner may do anything that is calculated to facilitate...

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(1) The following are exempt from liability in damages for...

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In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (departments...

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In Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the House of...

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The Commissioner is to be appointed by the Secretary of...

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In Part III of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...

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In Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of...

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The Secretary of State may appoint one or more Deputy...

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The Commissioner may delegate any of the Commissioner's functions to...

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A person holds and vacates office as the Commissioner or...

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The Secretary of State may pay to or in respect...

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Service as the Commissioner or a Deputy Commissioner is not...

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(1) The nominated person is to act as Commissioner—

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(1) The Commissioner must make procedural arrangements for dealing with...

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The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 is amended...

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(1) In section 23 (Secretary of State's duty to publish...

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In that section, after subsection (3) insert—

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After section 24 insert— Duty on relevant regulators to assess...

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In section 26 (amending the business impact target etc) after...

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This is the Schedule 4A to be substituted for Schedule...

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The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 is amended...

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In Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972, in the...

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In Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of...

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In Part 1 (apprenticeships, study and training) before Chapter A1...

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Before section A1 insert— “ Introductory ”

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In section A1 (meaning of “approved English apprenticeship”), in subsection...

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For section A2 (approved apprenticeship standards) substitute— Publication of standards...

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(1) Section A3 (power to issue apprenticeship certificate) is amended...

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In section 122 (sharing of information for education and training...

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In section 262(6) (orders and regulations subject to affirmative procedure)...

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Before Schedule 1 insert— SCHEDULE A1 the Institute for Apprenticeships...

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The Employment Rights Act 1996 is amended as follows.

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In section 108 (qualifying period of employment), in subsection (3)...

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In section 236 (orders and regulations), in subsection (3) after...

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In section 38 of the Employment Act 2002 (failure to...

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In section 41 (opted-out shop workers and betting workers), for...

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After section 41 insert— Notice of objection by shop workers...

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(1) Section 42 (explanatory statement) is amended as follows.

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In the heading of section 43, after “work” insert “...

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After section 43 (in Part 4) insert— Contractual requirements relating...

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After section 45 insert— Sunday working for shop workers: additional...

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In section 48 (complaints to employment tribunals), after subsection (1)...

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After section 101 insert— Shop workers who refuse to work...

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In section 154 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment...

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In section 156 of that Act (power to make regulations...

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In section 161 of that Act (supplementary provision about regulations),...

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(1) Regulations may amend any relevant public sector scheme to...

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(1) In the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013 (S.I....

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