Enterprise Bill (HC Bill 112)

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department for Business, Innovation
and Skills, are published separately as Bill 112—EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Secretary Sajid Javid has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the
Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Enterprise Bill [HL] are compatible with the
Convention rights.

Contents

  1. Part 1

    The Small Business Commissioner

    1. The Commissioner

      1. 1. Small Business Commissioner

    2. “Small businesses”

      1. 2. Small businesses in relation to which the Commissioner has functions

    3. General advice and information

      1. 3. General advice and information

    4. Complaints scheme

      1. 4. The SBC complaints scheme

      2. 5. Enquiry into, consideration and determination of complaints

      3. 6. Reports on complaints

      4. 7. Scheme regulations

      5. 8. Confidentiality

    5. Reports and reviews

      1. 9. Annual report

      2. 10. Review of Commissioner’s performance

    6. Power to abolish

      1. 11. Power to abolish the Commissioner

      2. 12. Regulations under section 11: procedure

    7. Definitions

      1. 13. Definitions used in Part 1

  2. Part 2

    Regulators

    1. Business impact target

      1. 14. Extension of target to provisions made by regulators

    2. Reporting requirements

      1. 15. Duty to report on effect of regulators’ code

      2. 16. Duty to report on effect of economic growth duty

    3. Application of regulators' principles and code

      1. 17. Removal of restrictions

    4. Secondary legislation: duty to review

      1. 18. Secondary legislation: duty to review

  3. Part 3

    Extension of the primary authority scheme

    1. 19. Extending the primary authority scheme under RESA 2008

  4. Part 4

    Apprenticeships

    1. 20. Public sector apprenticeship targets

    2. 21. Only statutory apprenticeships to be described as apprenticeships

  5. Part 5

    Late payment of insurance claims

    1. 22. Insurance contracts: implied term about payment of claims

    2. 23. Contracting out of the implied term about payment of claims

    3. 24. Additional time limit for actions for damages for late payment of insurance
      claims

  6. Part 6

    Non-domestic rating

    1. 25. Disclosure of HMRC information in connection with non-domestic rating

    2. 26. Alteration of non-domestic rating lists

  7. Part 7

    Other enterprise-related provisions

    1. Industrial development

      1. 27. Allowable assistance under Industrial Development Act 1982

      2. 28. Grants etc towards electronic communications services and networks

    2. UK Government Investments Limited

      1. 29. UK Government Investments Limited

    3. UK Green Investment Bank

      1. 30. Disposal of Crown’s shares in UK Green Investment Bank company

      2. 31. UK Green Investment Bank: transitional provision

      3. 32. Objectives of UK Green Investment Bank

    4. Pubs code

      1. 33. Market rent only: conditions and triggers

      2. 34. Report on pub company avoidance

  8. Part 8

    Public sector employment: restrictions on exit payments

    1. 35. Restriction on public sector exit payments

  9. Part 9

    General provisions

    1. 36. Consequential amendments, repeals and revocations

    2. 37. Transitional, transitory or saving provision

    3. 38. Commencement

    4. 39. Extent

    5. 40. Short title

    1. Schedule 1

      The Small Business Commissioner

    2. Schedule 2

      Business impact target: consequential and related
      amendments

    3. Schedule 3

      Primary authority scheme: new Schedule 4A to RESA 2008

    4. Schedule 4

      Restriction on public sector exit payments: consequential and
      related provision