The Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/2048
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1996.

(2) In this Order “ the Act ” means the Housing Act 1996.

Section 2 Commencement

(1) The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st August 1996—

section 2(7) and (8),

section 5,

section 7 in so far as it relates to paragraphs 3(1) and (2) and 16(1) and (2) of Schedule 1,

section 9(3),

section 17,

section 28(4),

section 36(1) to (6),

section 51 in so far as it relates to paragraphs 2 to 6, 10 and 11(1), (3) and (4) of Schedule 2, subject to the limitation in paragraph (2) of this article,

sections 52 to 54,

section 55(1) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 6 and 9 of Schedule 3,

section 55(2) and (3),

sections 56 to 64.

(2) Section 51 and the provisions of Schedule 2 specified in paragraph (1) of this article shall not come into force in relation to any complaint against any social landlord which is or at any time was registered with Housing for Wales.

Section 3 Commencement

So much of the following provisions of the Act as confer on the Secretary of State, the Housing Corporation or Housing for Wales a power to consult, to make determinations, to give consents and to delegate functions shall come into force on 1st August 1996—

section 3(2),

section 7 in so far as it relates to paragraphs 2(2)(f) and 27(4) of Schedule 1,

section 24,

section 29,

Section 4 Commencement

Section 55(1) of the Act in so far as it relates to paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the Act shall come into force on 1st August 1996 for the purposes of enabling a determination to be made under subsection (3) of section 87 of the Housing Associations Act 1985 with respect to financial assistance under that section as amended by the Act.