Regulatory Reform Act 2001

Regulatory Reform Act 2001

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	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.
Citation	2001 c.6
Dates
Royal assent	4 April 2001
Commencement	4 April 2001[a]
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Regulatory Reform Act 2001 (c.6) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaced the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994. It removed some of the constraints on Deregulation Orders under the 1994 Act, by providing wider powers for government ministers to make a Regulatory Reform Order by statutory instrument.

The Act was introduced to the House of Lords on 7 December 2000, and passed to the House of Commons on 19 March 2001. It passed its Report Stage and Third Reading on 4 April 2001 and was given royal assent on 10 April 2001.^[1]

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