Deregulation Bill (HL Bill 95)

Contents

1. Measures affecting the workplace: general

   1. 1. Health and safety at work: general duty of self-employed persons

   2. 2. Removal of employment tribunals’ power to make wider recommendations

   3. 3. Apprenticeships: simplification

   4. 4. English apprenticeships: funding arrangements

   5. 5. English apprenticeships: disclosure of information

   6. 6. Requirements to wear safety helmets: exemption for Sikhs

   7. 7. Requirements to wear safety helmets: exemption for Sikhs: Northern Ireland

2. Measures affecting business: particular areas

   1. 8. Driving instructors

   2. 9. Motor insurers

   3. 10. Taxis and private hire vehicles: duration of licences

   4. 11. Private hire vehicles: sub-contracting

   5. 12. Space activity: limit on indemnity required

   6. 13. Agricultural Holdings Act 1986: resolution of disputes by third party
      determination

   7. 14. Shippers etc of gas

   8. 15. Suppliers of fuel and fireplaces

   9. 16. Sellers of knitting yarn

3. Companies and insolvency

   1. 17. Authorisation of insolvency practitioners

   2. 18. Auditors ceasing to hold office

   3. 19. Insolvency and company law: miscellaneous

4. Use of land

   1. 20. Recorded rights of way: additional protection

   2. 21. Unrecorded rights of way: protection from extinguishment

   3. 22. Conversion of public rights of way to private rights of way

   4. 23. Applications by owners etc for public path orders

   5. 24. Extension of powers to authorise erection of gates at owner’s request

   6. 25. Applications for certain orders under Highways Act 1980: cost recovery

   7. 26. Public rights of way: procedure

   8. 27. Erection of public statues (London): removal of consent requirement

5. Housing and development

   1. 28. Reduction of qualifying period for right to buy

   2. 29. Removal of power to require preparation of housing strategies

   3. 30. Tenancy deposits: provision of information by agents

   4. 31. Tenancy deposits: non-compliance with requirements

   5. 32. Tenancy deposits: deemed compliance with requirements

   6. 33. Preventing retaliatory eviction

   7. 34. Further exemptions to section 33

   8. 35. Notice to be provided in relation to periodic assured shorthold tenancies

   9. 36. Time limits in relation to section 21 notices and proceedings

   10. 37. Prescribed form of section 21 notices

   11. 38. Compliance with prescribed legal requirements

   12. 39. Requirement for landlord to provide prescribed information

   13. 40. Repayment of rent where tenancy ends before end of a period

   14. 41. Application of sections 33 to 40

   15. 42. Optional building requirements

   16. 43. Amendment of Planning and Energy Act 2008

   17. 44. Short-term use of London accommodation: power to relax restrictions

   18. 45. Designation of urban development areas: procedure

   19. 46. Establishment of urban development corporations: procedure

   20. 47. Provision of advice etc about residential licences

6. Transport

   1. 48. Removal of restrictions on provision of passenger rail services

   2. 49. Road traffic legislation: use of vehicles in emergency response by NHS

   3. 50. Reduction of burdens relating to the use of roads and railways

   4. 51. Reduction of burdens relating to enforcement of transport legislation

   5. 52. Civil penalties for parking contraventions: enforcement

   6. 53. Removal of restriction on investigation of tramway accidents in Scotland by
      RAIB

   7. 54. Removal of duty to order re-hearing of marine accident investigations

7. Communications

   1. 55. Repeal of power to make provision for blocking injunctions

8. The environment etc

   1. 56. Reduction of duties relating to energy and climate change

   2. 57. Household waste: de-criminalisation

   3. 58. Other measures relating to animals, food and the environment

9. Regulation of child trust funds

   1. 59. Management of child trust funds: looked after children

   2. 60. Management of child trust funds: children 16 or over

   3. 61. Child trust funds: transfers

   4. 62. Child trust funds: safeguards for children’s interests

10. Education and training

    1. 63. Abolition of office of Chief Executive of Skills Funding

    2. 64. Further and higher education sectors: reduction of burdens

    3. 65. Schools: reduction of burdens

11. Alcohol, sport and entertainment

    1. 66. Sale of alcohol: community events etc and ancillary business sales

    2. 67. Temporary event notices: increase in maximum number of events per year

    3. 68. Personal licences: no requirement to renew

    4. 69. Sale of liqueur confectionery to children under 16: abolition of offence

    5. 70. Late night refreshment

    6. 71. Removal of requirement to report loss or theft of licence etc to police

    7. 72. Motor racing on public roads: general

    8. 73. Motor racing: road closures

    9. 74. Motor racing: consequential amendments

    10. 75. Exhibition of films in community premises

    11. 76. TV licensing: duty to review sanctions

    12. 77. TV licensing: alternatives to criminal sanctions

12. Administration of justice

    1. 78. Repeal of Senior President of Tribunals’ duty to report on standards

    2. 79. Criminal procedure: written witness statements

    3. 80. Criminal procedure: written guilty pleas

    4. 81. Criminal procedure: powers to make Criminal Procedure Rules

    5. 82. “MAPPA arrangements” to cease to apply to certain offenders

    6. 83. Removal of requirement that prison closures be made by order

    7. 84. Power of HMRC to disclose information for purposes of certain litigation

13. Other measures to reduce burdens on public authorities

    1. 85. Poisons and explosives precursors

    2. 86. London street trading appeals: removal of role of Secretary of State in appeals

    3. 87. Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004: enforcement

    4. 88. Reduction in regulation of providers of social work services

    5. 89. Electoral Commission: changes to facilitate efficient administration

    6. 90. LGBC for England: changes to facilitate efficient administration

    7. 91. NHS foundation trusts and NHS trusts: acquisitions and dissolutions etc

    8. 92. Access to registers kept by Gas and Electricity Markets Authority

    9. 93. Information contained in entries of births and deaths

    10. 94. Information contained in entries of marriages and civil partnerships

    11. 95. Repeal of duty to prepare sustainable community strategy

    12. 96. Repeal of duties relating to local area agreements

    13. 97. Repeal of provisions relating to multi-area agreements

    14. 98. Repeal of duties relating to consultation or involvement

14. Legislative reform

    1. 99. Power to spell out dates described in legislation

    2. 100. Combining different forms of subordinate legislation

    3. 101. Ambulatory references to international shipping instruments

15. Legislation no longer of practical use

    1. 102. Legislation no longer of practical use

16. Exercise of regulatory functions

    1. 103. Exercise of regulatory functions: economic growth

    2. 104. Functions to which section 103 applies

    3. 105. Guidance on duty under section 103

    4. 106. Sections 103 to 105: interpretation

17. General

    1. 107. Consequential amendments, repeals and revocations

    2. 108. Financial provision

    3. 109. Extent

    4. 110. Commencement

    5. 111. Short title

18. 1. Schedule 1

       Approved English apprenticeships

       1. Part 1

          Main amendments

       2. Part 2

          Consequential amendments

       3. Part 3

          Apprenticeships: Wales

       4. Part 4

          Transitional provision

    2. Schedule 2

       Driving instructors

       1. Part 1

          Amendments of Part 5 RTA 1988 (as amended by RSA 2006)

       2. Part 2

          Transitory amendments of Part 5 RTA 1988 (before
          amendment by RSA 2006)

       3. Part 3

          Consequential and related amendments

    3. Schedule 3

       Motor insurance industry: certificates of insurance

    4. Schedule 4

       Agricultural Holdings Act 1986: resolution of disputes by
       third party determination

    5. Schedule 5

       Auditors ceasing to hold office

       1. Part 1

          Notification requirements

       2. Part 2

          Miscellaneous

    6. Schedule 6

       Insolvency and company law

       1. Part 1

          Deeds of arrangement

       2. Part 2

          Administration of companies

       3. Part 3

          Winding up of companies

       4. Part 4

          Disqualification of unfit directors of insolvent companies

       5. Part 5

          Bankruptcy

       6. Part 6

          Authorisation of insolvency practitioners

       7. Part 7

          Liabilities of administrators and administrative receivers of
          companies and preferential debts of companies and
          individuals

       8. Part 8

          Requirements of company law: proxies

    7. Schedule 7

       Ascertainment of rights of way

       1. Part 1

          Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

       2. Part 2

          New Schedule 13A to the 1981 Act

       3. Part 3

          New Schedule 14A to the 1981 Act

       4. Part 4

          Highways Act 1980

       5. Part 5

          Consequential amendments

    8. Schedule 8

       Provision of passenger rail services

    9. Schedule 9

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

    10. Schedule 10

        Regulation of the use of roads and railways

        1. Part 1

           Duration of driving licences to be granted to drivers with
           relevant or prospective disabilities

        2. Part 2

           Permit schemes: removal of requirement for Secretary of State
           approval

        3. Part 3

           Road humps

        4. Part 4

           Pedestrian crossings: removal of requirement to inform
           Secretary of State

        5. Part 5

           Off-road motoring events

        6. Part 6

           Testing of vehicles

        7. Part 7

           Rail vehicle accessibility regulations: exemption orders

    11. Schedule 11

        Enforcement of transport legislation

        1. Part 1

           Drink and drug driving offences

        2. Part 2

           Bus lane contraventions

    12. Schedule 12

        Household waste: London

    13. Schedule 13

        Other measures relating to animals, food and the environment

        1. Part 1

           Destructive imported animals

        2. Part 2

           Farriers

        3. Part 3

           Joint waste authorities

        4. Part 4

           Air quality

        5. Part 5

           Noise abatement zones

    14. Schedule 14

        Abolition of office of the Chief Executive of Skills Funding

        1. Part 1

           Main amendments

        2. Part 2

           Consequential Amendments

    15. Schedule 15

        Further and higher education: reduction of burdens

        1. Part 1

           Measures applying to England and Wales

        2. Part 2

           Measures applying to England only

    16. Schedule 16

        Schools: reduction of burdens

    17. Schedule 17

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

    18. Schedule 18

        Amendments consequential on section 68

    19. Schedule 19

        Poisons and explosives precursors

    20. Schedule 20

        Removal of consultation requirements

        1. Part 1

           Measures affecting England only

        2. Part 2

           Measures affecting England and Wales

    21. Schedule 21

        Legislation no longer of practical use

        1. Part 1

           Companies

        2. Part 2

           Industry

        3. Part 3

           Energy

        4. Part 4

           Transport

        5. Part 5

           Environment

        6. Part 6

           Animals and Food

        7. Part 7

           Education

        8. Part 8

           Civil law

        9. Part 9

           Criminal law

        10. Part 10

            Housing