There shall be payable out of money provided by Parliament—
(a)any expenditure incurred by a Minister of the Crown or the Office of Fair Trading by virtue of this Act; and
(b)any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money so provided by virtue of any other Act.
In this Act—
“the 1974 Act” means the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39);
“the 2000 Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8).
(1)The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument make such modifications of—
(a)any Act or subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)), or
(b)any Northern Ireland legislation or instrument made under such legislation,
as he thinks fit in consequence of any provision of this Act.
(2)An order under this section may include transitional or transitory provisions and savings.
(3)A statutory instrument containing an order under this section may not be made by the Secretary of State unless a draft has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
(1)Schedule 3 (which sets out transitional provision and savings) has effect.
(2)The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument make such transitional or transitory provisions and savings as he thinks fit in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act.
(3)An order under this section may (amongst other things)—
(a)where a provision of this Act is brought into force for limited purposes only, make provision about how references in Schedule 3 to the commencement of that provision of this Act are to apply;
(b)make provision for or in connection with the application of any provision of this Act in relation to—
(i)things existing or done, or
(ii)persons who have done something or in relation to whom something has been done,
before the coming into force of that provision of this Act.
(4)An order under this section may—
(a)modify any Act or any subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978);
(b)modify any Northern Ireland legislation or any instrument made under such legislation;
(c)make different provision for different cases.
(5)Schedule 3 does not restrict the power under this section to make transitional or transitory provisions or savings.
The enactments and instruments set out in Schedule 4 are repealed or revoked to the extent shown in that Schedule.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Consumer Credit Act 2006.
(2)This Act (apart from this section) shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.
(3)This Act extends to Northern Ireland.