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# Regulatory Reform Act 2001

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Regulatory Reform Act 2001
2001 c. 6
An Act to enable provision to be made for the purpose of reforming legislation which has the effect of imposing burdens affecting persons in the carrying on of any activity and to enable codes of practice to be made with respect to the enforcement of restrictions, requirements or conditions.
[10th April 2001]
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## 1 Power by order to make provision reforming law which imposes burdens {#section-1}

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## 2 Meaning of “burden” and related expressions {#section-2}

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## 3 Limitations on order-making power {#section-3}

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## 4 Statutory instrument procedure {#section-4}

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## 5 Preliminary consultation {#section-5}

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## 6 Document to be laid before Parliament {#section-6}

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## 7 Representations made in confidence or containing damaging information {#section-7}

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## 8 Parliamentary consideration of proposals {#section-8}

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## 9 Codes of practice relating to enforcement of regulatory requirements {#section-9}

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## 10 Making of codes of practice by Ministers of the Crown {#section-10}

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## 11 Making of codes of practice by National Assembly for Wales {#section-11}

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## 12 Repeals and savings {#section-12}

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## 13 Consequential amendments {#section-13}

(1) In section 6 of the 1994 Act (model provisions with respect to appeals), in subsection (7)—
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(b) for the definition of “interested person” there is substituted—
“interested person” means—
(a) the person against whom enforcement action may be or has been taken;
(b) any other person who will or may be required to meet, or to make a significant contribution towards, the cost of observing the restriction or complying with the requirement or condition; or
(c) where the enforcement action which may be or has been taken relates specifically to goods or services which are to be or have been supplied by a person other than the one against whom enforcement action may be or has been taken, that person;
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(2) This section does not extend to Scotland.

## 14 Interpretation {#section-14}

In this Act—
“the 1994 Act” means the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40);
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## 15 Short title and extent {#section-15}

(1) This Act may be cited as the Regulatory Reform Act 2001.
(2) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
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