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History and Key Documents

Parliamentary Debates

The following table sets out the dates for each stage of the Act’s passage through Parliament. You can search for the reports by date on the Hansard website – see link on the right.

Key Documents - also see Related Documents links on the right.

• Commencement (No 1) Order 2006
• Commencement (No 2) Order 2007
• Commencement (No 2) (Amendment) Order 2006
• Commencement (No 3) Order 2007
• Commencement (No 4) Order 2008

Statutory Instruments (SIs) covering:

• The Consumer Credit (Exempt Agreements) Order 2007
• The Consumer Credit (Information Requirements and Duration of Licences and Charges) Regulations 2007
• Explanatory Memorandum, RIA and Response to the consultation covering both SIs
• Consultation on draft SIs covering exemptions, post-contract information and licensing
• The Consumer Credit (Information Requirements and Duration of Licences and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
• The Consumer Credit (Information Requirements and Duration of Licences and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 Explanatory Memorandum
• The Consumer Credit (Information Requirements and Duration of Licences and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 Impact Assessment
• The Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunal Rules 2008

Draft Legislative Reform Order (LRO) proposing an exemption for buy-to-let lending, clarification on the position for the giving of statements for fixed-sum credit agreements and providing definitions of "payments" for the purpose of issuing notices of sums in arrears:
• Draft Legislative Reform (Consumer Credit) Order 2008
• Explanatory Document for LRO (includes final Impact assessment and the BERR response to the consultation)