The Fair Trading Act 1973 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1973

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 1973-10-02
State In force
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Made: 2nd October 1973

The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by section 140(3) of the Fair Trading Act 1973 hereby orders as follows:—

1

This Order may be cited as the Fair Trading Act 1973 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1973.

2

Except as otherwise provided by the Fair Trading Act 1973 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1973[^f00001] the Fair Trading Act 1973 shall come into operation on 1st November 1973 and, accordingly, all the provisions thereof which have not previously come into operation shall come into operation on that date.

Signed

Geoffrey Howe — Minister for Trade and Consumer Affairs — Department of Trade and Industry — 2nd October 1973

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

By the Fair Trading Act 1973 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1973 the provisions of the Fair Trading Act 1973 which relate to Pyramid Selling and similar Trading Schemes were brought into operation on 14th September 1973. This Order provides that all other provisions of the Act shall come into operation on 1st November 1973.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: (1973 III, p. 4834).

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