Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 2402 (C. 62)

The Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996

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1996 No. 2402 (C. 62)

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 232(3) and (4) of the Housing Act 1996^[1] and of 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 Act 1996 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996.

    (2)  In this Order—
"landlord" means a registered social landlord within the meaning of Part I of the 1996 Act;
"the 1985 Act" means the Housing Associations Act 1985^[2];
"the 1988 Act" means the Housing Act 1988^[3];
"the 1996 Act" means the Housing Act 1996.

Coming into force
    2.    The following provisions of the 1996 Act shall come into force on 24th September 1996—
section 219,
section 220,
section 222 in so far as it relates to paragraph 30 of Schedule 18, and
section 227 in so far as it relates to the entry in Part XIV of Schedule 19 for the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994^[4].

    3.    Subject to the transitional provisions and savings in the Schedule to this Order, the following provisions of the 1996 Act shall come into force on 1st October 1996—
section 1,
section 2 to the extent that it is not already in force,
section 3 to the extent that it is not already in force,
section 4,
section 6,
section 7 to the extent that it is not already in force,
section 8,
section 9 to the extent that it is not already in force,
sections 10 to 15 inclusive,
sections 22 and 23,
sections 30 to 34 inclusive,
section 36(7),
sections 37 to 50 inclusive,
section 55(1) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1(1) to (4), 2 to 5 inclusive, 7 (to the extent it is not already in force), 8, 10 and 11 of Schedule 3,
section 76,
section 77,
section 80(3),
section 129(3) and (4),
section 135,
section 138(4) to (6),
section 139,
section 140,
section 141(2) and (3),
section 142,
section 143,
section 160(4) and (5),
section 165(1), (2) and (5),
section 167(3) to (5),
section 169,
section 172,
section 174,
section 177(3),
section 182,
section 183(2),
section 189(2) to (4),
section 199(5),
section 203(1), (2) and (7),
section 210(2),
section 215,
section 217,
section 218,
section 222 in so far as it relates to paragraphs of Schedule 18 not already in force, and section 227 in so far as it relates to—
 (a) Part I of Schedule 19,
 (b) Part IX of that Schedule except for the repeal in section 79(2)(a) of the 1988 Act, and
 (c) Parts X to XIII of that Schedule.

    4.    So much of the following provisions of the 1996 Act as confer on the Corporation or the Secretary of State a power to consult, to make determinations, directions, orders or regulations or prepare schemes shall come into force on 1st October 1996—
section 18(2) and (7),
section 20(3),
section 21(3),
section 25,
section 27,
section 65,
section 66,
section 72,
section 75,
section 147,
section 161(2) and (3),
section 162(4).
section 163(7),
section 185(2) and (3),
section 194(6),
section 198(4) to (7), and
section 207(4) to (6).

    5.    Section 28(3) of the 1996 Act shall come into force on 1st October 1996 for the purpose of enabling a determination to be made under section 52(2) of the 1988 Act as amended by the 1996 Act.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Paul Beresford

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment

16th September 1996

[1] 1996 c. 52. back

[2] 1985 c. 69. back

[3] 1988 c. 50. back

[4] 1994 c. 19. back

Explanatory Note