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Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

 

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

 

[AS AMENDED ON REPORT]

 
 

Contents

Part 1

UK Green Investment Bank

1   

The green purposes

2   

Designation of the UK Green Investment Bank

3   

Alteration of the objects of the UK Green Investment Bank

4   

Financial assistance

5   

Accounts, reports and payments to directors

6   

Documents to be laid before Parliament

Part 2

Employment

Conciliation

7   

Conciliation before institution of proceedings

8   

Extension of limitation periods to allow for conciliation

9   

Extended power to define “relevant proceedings” for conciliation purposes

ACAS

10   

ACAS: prohibition on disclosure of information

Procedure for deciding tribunal cases

11   

Decisions by legal officers

12   

Composition of Employment Appeal Tribunal

Unfair dismissal

13   

Dismissal for political opinions: no qualifying period of employment

14   

Confidentiality of negotiations before termination of employment

15   

Power by order to increase or decrease limit of compensatory award

 

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Financial penalties

16   

Power of employment tribunal to impose financial penalty on employers etc

Protected disclosures

17   

Disclosures not protected unless believed to be made in the public interest

18   

Power to reduce compensation where disclosure not made in good faith

19   

Worker subjected to detriment by co-worker or agent of employer

20   

Extension of meaning of “worker”

Miscellaneous

21   

Tribunal procedure: miscellaneous

22   

Indexation of amounts: timing and rounding

23   

Renaming of “compromise agreements”, “compromise contracts” and

“compromises”

General

24   

Transitional provision

Part 3

The Competition and Markets Authority

25   

The Competition and Markets Authority

26   

Abolition of the Competition Commission and the OFT

27   

Transfer schemes

28   

Transitional provision: consultation

Part 4

Competition Reform

Chapter 1

Mergers

Investigation powers

29   

Investigation powers: mergers

Interim measures

30   

Interim measures: pre-emptive action: mergers

31   

Interim measures: financial penalties: mergers

Time-limits

32   

Time-limits etc: mergers

 

 

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Chapter 2

Markets

Cross-market investigations

33   

Power of CMA to make cross-market references

34   

Ministerial power to make cross-market references

Public interest interventions

35   

Public interest interventions in markets investigations

Investigation powers

36   

Investigation powers: markets

Interim measures

37   

Interim measures: pre-emptive action: markets

Time-limits and procedure

38   

Market studies and market investigations: consultation and time-limits

Chapter 3

Anti-trust

Investigation powers

39   

Investigations: power to ask questions

40   

Civil enforcement of investigation powers

41   

Extension of powers to issue warrants to CAT

42   

Part 1 of the 1998 Act: procedural matters

Interim measures and other sanctions

43   

Threshold for interim measures

44   

Penalties: guidance etc.

Miscellaneous

45   

Power for Secretary of State to impose time-limits on investigations etc.

46   

Review of operation of Part 1 of 1998 Act

Chapter 4

Cartels

47   

Cartel offence

48   

Extension of power to issue warrants to CAT

 

 

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Chapter 5

Miscellaneous

Enforcement orders: markets and mergers

49   

Enforcement orders: monitoring compliance and determination of disputes

50   

Enforcement orders: provision of information

Concurrency

51   

Powers of sectoral regulators

52   

Power to remove concurrent competition functions of sectoral regulators

53   

Orders under section 52: procedural requirements

Miscellaneous

54   

Recovery of CMA’s costs in respect of price control references

55   

Disclosure etc. of information: offences

56   

Review of certain provisions of Chapters 1 and 2

57   

Minor and consequential amendments

58   

Interpretation

Part 5

Reduction of legislative burdens

Sunset and review

59   

Sunset and review provisions

Heritage planning etc

60   

Listed buildings in England: agreements and orders granting listed building

consent

61   

Listed buildings in England: certificates of lawfulness

62   

Osborne estate

63   

Heritage planning regulation

Equality Acts

64   

Commission for Equality and Human Rights

65   

Equality Act 2010: caste discrimination

66   

Equality Act 2010: third party harassment of employees

67   

Equality Act 2010: obtaining information for proceedings

Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008

68   

Primary authorities

69   

Inspection plans

Miscellaneous

70   

Civil liability for breach of health and safety duties

 

 

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Letting agents etc.

72   

Estate agency work

73   

Bankruptcy applications: determination by adjudicators

74   

Abolition of Agricultural Wages Board and related English bodies

75   

Unnecessary regulation: miscellaneous

Part 6

Miscellaneous and general

Copyright and rights in performances

76   

Exploitation of design derived from artistic work

77   

Penalties under provision amending exceptions: copyright and rights in

performances

78   

Power to reduce duration of copyright in transitional cases

79   

Licensing of copyright and performers’ rights

80   

Penalties under provision implementing Directive on term of protection

Payments to directors of quoted companies

81   

Members’ approval of directors’ remuneration policy

82   

Restrictions on payments to directors

83   

Payments to directors: minor and consequential amendments

84   

Payments to directors: transitional

Supply of customer data

85   

Supply of customer data

86   

Supply of customer data: enforcement

87   

Supply of customer data: supplemental

Insolvency: protection of essential supplies

88   

Power to add to supplies protected under Insolvency Act 1986

89   

Corporate insolvency: power to give further protection to essential supplies

90   

Individual insolvency: power to give further protection to essential supplies

91   

Sections 89 and 90: supplemental

Royal Charters

92   

Royal Charters: requirements for Parliamentary approval

Equal pay audits

93   

Power to provide for equal pay audits

General

94   

Consequential amendments, repeals and revocations

95   

Transitional, transitory or saving provision

96   

Financial provision

97   

Extent

98   

Commencement

 

 

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Short title

Schedule 1   —   

Conciliation: minor and consequential amendments

Schedule 2   —   

Extension of limitation periods to allow for conciliation

Schedule 3   —   

Financial penalties: minor and consequential amendments

Schedule 4   —   

The Competition and Markets Authority

Part 1   —   

General

Part 2   —   

The CMA Board

Part 3   —   

The CMA panel

Part 4   —   

Interpretation and transitional and transitory provision

Schedule 5   —   

Amendments related to Part 3

Part 1   —   

Transfer of functions under the 1998 Act to the CMA

Part 2   —   

Transfer of functions under the 2002 Act to the CMA

Part 3   —   

Abolition of the Competition Commission

Part 4   —   

Abolition of the Office of Fair Trading

Schedule 6   —   

Regulatory appeals etc: minor and consequential amendments

Part 1   —   

Amendments to Acts

Part 2   —   

Amendments to other enactments

Schedule 7   —   

Mergers: interim measures

Schedule 8   —   

Mergers: time-limits

Schedule 9   —   

Markets: cross-market references

Schedule 10   —   

Markets: public interest interventions

Schedule 11   —   

Markets: investigation powers

Schedule 12   —   

Markets: time-limits

Schedule 13   —   

Extension of powers to issue warrants under the 1998 Act to

CAT

Schedule 14   —   

Regulators: use of powers under the 1998 Act

Schedule 15   —   

Minor and consequential amendments: Part 4

Schedule 16   —   

Local listed building consent orders: procedure

Schedule 17   —   

Heritage planning regulation

Schedule 18   —   

Adjudicators: bankruptcy applications by debtors and

bankruptcy orders

Schedule 19   —   

Adjudicators: minor and consequential amendments

Schedule 20   —   

Abolition of Agricultural Wages Board and related English

bodies: consequential provision

Schedule 21   —   

Unnecessary regulation: miscellaneous

Part 1   —   

Notification of TV sales etc

Part 2   —   

Water undertakers: in-area ban

Part 3   —   

Bankruptcy early discharge procedure

Schedule 22   —   

Licensing of copyright and performers’ rights

Part 1   —   

Regulation of licensing bodies

Part 2   —   

Performers’ rights

 

 

 
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