Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 2352 (C.61)

The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1996

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1996 No. 2352 (C.61)

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS

ARCHITECTS

The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 150(3) and (4) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996^[1] and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order —

Citation and interpretation
    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1996.

    (2)  In this Order "the Act"means the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.

Commencement
    2.—(1)  The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 11th September 1996 —

section 74


section 79


section 86


section 89


section 94

    (2)  So much of the following provisions of the Act as confers on the Secretary of State or the Lord Advocate a power to consult, to make orders, regulations or determinations, to give directions, guidance, approvals or consents, to specify matters, or to impose conditions shall come into force on 11th September 1996 —

sections 2 and 3


section 7


section 12


section 17


section 19


section 25


section 27


section 30


section 33


sections 44 to 47


sections 51 and 52


section 61


sections 63 and 64


sections 67 and 68


section 76


section 85


section 87


section 92


sections 101 and 102


sections 104 to 106


section 108


section 114


sections 131 to 135


section 139


section 140.

    (3)  Section 125 of the Act so far as it relates to paragraphs 21(1) to (3) of Part III of Schedule 2 shall come into force on 1st October 1996.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Paul Beresford

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment

10th September 1996

Article 2(1) and (2) of this Order brings into force on 11th September 1996 a number of provisions of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 which confer powers on the Secretary of State or the Lord Advocate to make orders, regulations and determinations, to give directions or guidance or to do other things.

Article 2(3) brings section 125 of that Act into force on 1st October 1996 in so far as the section relates to paragraph 21(1) to (3) in Part III of Schedule 2 to the 1996 Act (first elections and appointments to the Architects Registration Board).

[1] 1996 c. 53. back