Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2012-13
make provision about the UK Green Investment Bank; to make provision about employment law; to establish and make provision about the Competition and Markets Authority and to abolish the Competition Commission and the Office of Fair Trading; to amend the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002; to make provision for the reduction of legislative burdens; to make provision about copyright and rights in performances; to make provision about payments to company directors; and for connected purposes
Government Bill
What is this Bill?
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act was a Government Bill that became an Act of Parliament.
Is this Bill currently before Parliament?No. This Bill was introduced on 23 May 2012 and became an Act of Parliament on 25 April 2013.
Whose idea is this Bill?Government Bills implement the legislative agenda of the Government. This agenda, and the Bills that will implement it, are outlined in the Queen's Speech at the Session's State Opening of Parliament.
How can I find out exactly what this Bill does?The most straightforward information is contained in the initial Explanatory Notes for the Bill.
Would you like to know more?See these Glossary articles for more information: Act of Parliament, Government Bills, Process of a Bill
Sponsor: Vince Cable
Official Bill Page Initial Explanatory Notes Initial Briefing papers
This bill has received Royal Assent and has become an Act of Parliament
Bill Progession through Parliament
Latest Key documents
Amendment paper
24/04/2013
Timeline of Bill Documents and Stages
13th January 2014
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration on Report - First Day (PDF)
25th April 2013
Royal Assent (Commons)
24th April 2013
Consideration of Commons amendmentsPing Pong (Lords)
24th April 2013
Amendment papers
Marshalled List of Motions and Amendments to be Moved on Consideration of Commons Insistence and Amendments in Lieu as at 23 April 2013
24th April 2013
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Message as at 23 April 2013
23rd April 2013
Consideration of Lords amendmentsPing Pong (Commons)
23rd April 2013
Amendment papers
Consideration of Lords Message as at 22 April 2013
23rd April 2013
Bills
Bill 163 - Lords Insistence and Reasons
23rd April 2013
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration of Lords Message (PDF, 13KB)
22nd April 2013
Consideration of Commons amendmentsPing Pong (Lords)
22nd April 2013
Amendment papers
Marshalled List of Motions and Amendments to be Moved on Consideration of Commons Reasons and Amendments as at 19 April 2013 (PDF, 215KB)
19th April 2013
Amendment papers
Motions to be moved on Consideration of Commons Reasons and Amendments as at 18 April 2013
18th April 2013
Amendment papers
Motions to be moved on Consideration of Commons Reasons as at 17 April 2013
17th April 2013
Bills
HL Bill 95 - Commons Disagreements, Reasons, Amendments to words so restored to the Bill and Amendments in lieu
17th April 2013
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 16 April 2013
16th April 2013
Consideration of Lords amendmentsPing Pong (Commons)
16th April 2013
Programme motion (No.3)
16th April 2013
Amendment papers
Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 16 April 2013
15th April 2013
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given up to and including 12 April 2013
11th April 2013
Amendment papers
Bill 152 Notices of Amendments given on 10 April 2013
22nd March 2013
Explanatory Notes
Bill 152 2012-13 (Explanatory Notes to the Bill)
22nd March 2013
Bills
Bill 152 2012-13 (Lords Amendments to the Bill)
20th March 2013
3rd reading (Lords)
20th March 2013
Amendment papers
Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Third Reading as at 19 March 2013
19th March 2013
Bills
HL Bill 089 2012-13 (as Amended on Report)
18th March 2013
Report stage:Report: 5th sitting (Lords)
15th March 2013
Amendment papers
Fifth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report as at 14 March 2013
11th March 2013
Report stage:Report: 4th sitting (Lords)
11th March 2013
Amendment papers
Revised Fourth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report as at 8 March 2013
8th March 2013
Amendment papers
Fourth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report as at 7 March 2013
6th March 2013
Report stage:Report: 3rd sitting (Lords)
6th March 2013
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report (Supplementary to the Third Marshalled List) as at 5 March 2013
5th March 2013
Amendment papers
Third Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report as at 4 March 2013
4th March 2013
Report stage:Report: 2nd sitting (Lords)
2nd March 2013
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report (Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List) as at 1 March 2013
1st March 2013
Amendment papers
Second Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report as at 28 February 2013
27th February 2013
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report (Supplementary to the Marshalled List) as at 26 February 2013
26th February 2013
Report stage:Report: 1st sitting (Lords)
26th February 2013
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report (Supplementary to the Marshalled List) as at 25 February 2013
23rd February 2013
Amendment papers
Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report as at 22 February 2013
22nd February 2013
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report as at 21 February 2013
21st February 2013
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report as at 20 February 2013
20th February 2013
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report as at 19 February 2013
15th February 2013
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report as at 14 February 2013
14th February 2013
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report as at 13 February 2013
12th February 2013
Amendment papers
Amendment to be moved on Report as at 11 February 2013
11th February 2013
Amendment papers
Amendment to be moved on Report as at 8 February 2013
6th February 2013
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report as at 5 February 2013
5th February 2013
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report as at 4 February 2013
4th February 2013
Bills
HL Bill 083 2012-13 (as Amended in Grand Committee)
31st January 2013
Committee stage:Committee: 10th sitting (Lords)
30th January 2013
Amendment papers
Tenth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 29 January 2013
29th January 2013
Amendment papers
Supplementary to the Ninth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 28 January 2013
28th January 2013
Committee stage:Committee: 9th sitting (Lords)
25th January 2013
Amendment papers
Ninth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 24 January 2013
22nd January 2013
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee (Supplementary to the Eighth Marshalled List) as at 21 January 2013
16th January 2013
Committee stage:Committee: 8th sitting (Lords)
15th January 2013
Amendment papers
Eighth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 14 January 2013
14th January 2013
Committee stage:Committee: 7th sitting (Lords)
14th January 2013
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee (Supplementary to the Seventh Marshalled List) as at 11 January 2013
11th January 2013
Amendment papers
Seventh Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 10 January 2013
10th January 2013
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee (Supplementary to the Sixth Marshalled List) as at 9 January 2013
9th January 2013
Committee stage:Committee: 6th sitting (Lords)
8th January 2013
Amendment papers
Sixth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 7 January 2013
7th January 2013
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Fifth Marshalled List] as at 4 January 2013
4th January 2013
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Fifth Marshalled List] as at 3 January 2013
21st December 2012
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Fifth Marshalled List] as at 20 December 2012
20th December 2012
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Fifth Marshalled List] as at 19 December 2012
19th December 2012
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Fifth Marshalled List] as at 18 December 2012
18th December 2012
Committee stage:Committee: 5th sitting (Lords)
17th December 2012
Amendment papers
Fifth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 14 December 2012
14th December 2012
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Fourth Marshalled List] as at 13 December 2012
12th December 2012
Committee stage:Committee: 4th sitting (Lords)
12th December 2012
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Fourth Marshalled List] as at 11 December 2012
11th December 2012
Amendment papers
Fourth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 10 December 2012
10th December 2012
Committee stage:Committee: 3rd sitting (Lords)
10th December 2012
Amendment papers
Revised Third Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 7 December 2012
7th December 2012
Amendment papers
Third Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 6 December 2012
6th December 2012
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee (Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List of Amendments) as at 5 December 2012
5th December 2012
Committee stage:Committee: 2nd sitting (Lords)
4th December 2012
Amendment papers
Second Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 3 December 2012
3rd December 2012
Committee stage:Committee: 1st sitting (Lords)
3rd December 2012
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List) as at 30 November 2012
30th November 2012
Amendment papers
Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 29 November 2012
29th November 2012
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 28 November 2012
28th November 2012
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 27 November 2012
23rd November 2012
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 22 November 2012
22nd November 2012
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 21 November 2012
20th November 2012
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 19 November 2012
16th November 2012
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee as at 15 November 2012
14th November 2012
2nd reading (Lords)
9th November 2012
Briefing papers
Library Note 2012/038
19th October 2012
Explanatory Notes
HL Bill 045 EN 2012-13 (Explanatory Notes to Bill)
19th October 2012
Bills
HL Bill 045 2012-13 (as brought from the Commons on 18 October 2012)
18th October 2012
1st reading (Lords)
18th October 2012
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Report stage Proceedings as at 17 October 2012
17th October 2012
3rd reading (Commons)
17th October 2012
Report stage:Report: 2nd sitting (Commons)
17th October 2012
Amendment papers
Consideration of Bill as at 17 October 2012
17th October 2012
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Report Stage Proceedings as at 16 October 2012
17th October 2012
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration on Report - Second Day (PDF, 14KB)
16th October 2012
Report stage:Report: 1st sitting (Commons)
16th October 2012
Programme motion
16th October 2012
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration on Report - First Day (PDF)
16th October 2012
Amendment papers
Consideration of Bill as at 16 October 2012
15th October 2012
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given up to and including 12 October 2012
12th October 2012
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on 11 October 2012
9th October 2012
Impact Assessments
Summary Impact Assessment (PDF, 48KB)
19th September 2012
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on 18 September 2012
18th September 2012
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on 17 September 2012
16th August 2012
Impact Assessments
Obtaining Information (PDF, 100KB)
10th August 2012
Impact Assessments
Third Party harrassment (PDF, 116KB)
7th August 2012
Impact Assessments
Bankruptcy Petition Reform (PDF, 133KB)
20th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated Memoranda - consolidated pdf version (PDF, 575KB)
18th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the Employment Lawyers Association ERR 45
18th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) ERR 39
18th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the Society of London Theatre (“SOLT”) and the Theatrical Management Association (“TMA”) ERR 40
18th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) ERR 41
18th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the Creators’ Rights Alliance ERR 42
18th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the Professor Catherine Waddams, University of East Anglia ERR 43
18th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the Law Society of Scotland ERR 44
18th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies (BAPLA) ERR 46
18th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea ERR 47
18th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the UNISON ERR 48
18th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the Historic Houses Association ERR 49
18th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the Squire Sanders (UK) LLP ERR 50
18th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) ERR 51
18th July 2012
Tracked changes versions of Bills: Commons
A version of the bill showing changes made in committee (PDF, 924KB)
18th July 2012
Bills
Bill 61 2012-13 as amended in Public Bill Committee
18th July 2012
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 17 July 2012
17th July 2012
Committee stage: 17th sitting (Commons)
17th July 2012
Committee stage: 16th sitting (Commons)
17th July 2012
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 17 July 2012
17th July 2012
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration in Committee: Selection 7 (PDF, 13KB)
14th July 2012
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on 13 July 2012
13th July 2012
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 12 July 2012
13th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the Country Land & Business Association ERR 36
13th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the British Library ERR 38
13th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies (BALPA) ERR 37
13th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the Joint Working Party of the Bars and Law Societies of the United Kingdom on Competition Law ERR 35
13th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the Edwardes Square Scarsdale and Abingdon Association (ESSA) ERR 34
12th July 2012
Committee stage: 15th sitting (Commons)
12th July 2012
Committee stage: 14th sitting (Commons)
12th July 2012
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration in Committee: Selection 6 (PDF, 13KB)
12th July 2012
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 12 July 2012
11th July 2012
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on 10 July 2012
11th July 2012
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 10 July 2012
10th July 2012
Committee stage: 13th sitting (Commons)
10th July 2012
Committee stage: 12th sitting (Commons)
10th July 2012
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 10 July 2012
10th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from The City of London Law Society’s Competition Law Committee ERR 31
10th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from UK Music ERR 32
10th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from the Publishers Content Forum ERR 33
9th July 2012
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration in Committee: Selection 5 (PDF, 15KB)
6th July 2012
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 5 July 2012
6th July 2012
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 5 July 2012
5th July 2012
Committee stage: 10th sitting (Commons)
5th July 2012
Committee stage: 11th sitting (Commons)
5th July 2012
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 5 July 2012
5th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from Verina Glaessner ERR28
5th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from Bluesuntree Ltd ERR29
5th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from Unite ERR30
5th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from English Heritage ERR27
5th July 2012
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration in Committee: Selection 4 (PDF, 15KB)
4th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society Limited (ALCS) ERR25
4th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from The Heritage Alliance ERR24
4th July 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from Institute of Directors’ (IoD) ERR26
4th July 2012
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 3 July 2012
3rd July 2012
Committee stage: 8th sitting (Commons)
3rd July 2012
Committee stage: 9th sitting (Commons)
3rd July 2012
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 3 July 2012
3rd July 2012
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration in Committee: Selection 3 (PDF, 16KB)
29th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from EEF - Supplementary evidence ERR21
29th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB) ERR15
29th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from EEF ERR16
29th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from Hambleton District Council, North Yorkshire ERR17
29th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3) with annexes A and B ERR18
29th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from British Institute of Organ Studies (BIOS) ERR19
29th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from Public Concern at Work (PCAW) - Supplementary evidence ERR20 (PDF, 269KB)
29th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from Alliance against IP Theft ERR22
29th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from British Retail Consortium ERR23
29th June 2012
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 28 June 2012
28th June 2012
Committee stage: 7th sitting (Commons)
28th June 2012
Committee stage: 6th sitting (Commons)
28th June 2012
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 June 2012
27th June 2012
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments given on 26 June 2012
27th June 2012
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 26 June 2012
27th June 2012
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration in Committee: Selection 2 (PDF, 15KB)
26th June 2012
Committee stage: 5th sitting (Commons)
26th June 2012
Committee stage: 4th sitting (Commons)
26th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from David Bleiman ERR14
26th June 2012
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration in committee: Selection 1
26th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from Chartered Institute of Environmental Health ERR09
26th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from UCATT ERR10
26th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from Manifest Information Services Ltd and MM&K Ltd ERR11
26th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from ShareSoc ERR12
26th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from Million+ ERR13
26th June 2012
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 26 June 2012
22nd June 2012
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 21 June 2012
22nd June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from Mr R Richards ERR05
22nd June 2012
Written evidence
Memorandum in Chief from Law Society ERR06
22nd June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from TUC ERR08
22nd June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from Aldersgate Group ERR07
21st June 2012
Committee stage: 3rd sitting (Commons)
21st June 2012
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 June 2012
20th June 2012
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments given on 19 June 2012
20th June 2012
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 19 June 2012
20th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from TransformUK and ClientEarth ERR04
20th June 2012
Written evidence
Memorandum in Chief from Public Concern at Work (PCAW) ERR03
20th June 2012
Written evidence
Associated memorandum from Stop43 ERR02
20th June 2012
Written evidence
Memorandum in Chief from CBI ERR01
19th June 2012
Committee stage: 1st sitting (Commons)
19th June 2012
Committee stage: 2nd sitting (Commons)
19th June 2012
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 19 June 2012
18th June 2012
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given up to and including 15 June 2012
15th June 2012
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on 14 June 2012
15th June 2012
Impact Assessments
Orphan Works (PDF, 428KB)
12th June 2012
Press notices
Second reading of Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, have your say
11th June 2012
2nd reading (Commons)
11th June 2012
Ways and Means resolutionMoney resolution
11th June 2012
Money resolution
11th June 2012
Programme motion
11th June 2012
Impact Assessments
HSE Strict Liability (PDF, 475KB)
23rd May 2012
1st reading (Commons)
23rd May 2012
Explanatory Notes
Bill 7 EN 2012-13
23rd May 2012
Bills
Bill 7 2012-13 (as introduced)
22nd May 2012
Impact Assessments
Settlement Agreements (PDF, 336KB)
21st May 2012
Impact Assessments
Code of Conduct (PDF, 344KB)
18th May 2012
Impact Assessments
Extended Collective Licensing (PDF, 285KB)
15th May 2012
Impact Assessments
UK Green Investment Bank (PDF, 590KB)
15th May 2012
Impact Assessments
Copyright protection for designs (PDF, 3MB)
9th May 2012
Impact Assessments
Heritage Related Proposals (PDF, 1MB)
8th May 2012
Impact Assessments
Rapid resolution Service (PDF, 6MB)
2nd April 2012
Impact Assessments
Reform of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (PDF, 76KB)
27th February 2012
Impact Assessments
Removal of TV Licence notification requirement for Retailers (PDF, 198KB)
15th February 2012
Impact Assessments
Shareholder votes on executive remuneration (PDF, 189KB)
10th February 2012
Impact Assessments
Repeal of early discharge from bankruptcy scheme (PDF, 7MB)
18th November 2011
Impact Assessments
Competition Regime for Growth (PDF, 946KB)
4th October 2011
Impact Assessments
Extension of Primary authority scheme (PDF, 9MB)
1st October 2011
Impact Assessments
Resolving Workplace Disputes (PDF, 1MB)
1st May 2011
Impact Assessments
Consumer Landscape Review (PDF, 699KB)