Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 2152 (C.81)

The Housing Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1988

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1988 No. 2152 (C.81)

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES HOUSING, SCOTLAND

The Housing Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1988

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 141(2) and (4) of the Housing Act 1988^[1], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Housing Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1988.

    2.    The following provisions of the Housing Act 1988 shall come into force on 2nd January 1989 —

section 140(1) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 77, 78, 85 to 88 and 90 of Schedule 17,

section 140(2) in so far as it relates to the repeal by Schedule 18 of words in section 38 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988^[2].

    3.    The following provisions of the Housing Act 1988 shall come into force on 15th January 1989 —

section 49,

section 57,

section 59(1),

section 59(2) and (3) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 8(2), 25 and 26 (except paragraphs (b) and (c)) of Schedule 6 and, for the purposes only of section 59(1) of the Act and section 36A of the Housing Associations Act 1985^[3], paragraph 1 of that Schedule,

section 94,

section 106,

sections 111 to 114,

section 119, subject to the transitional provisions in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 1 to this Order,

section 140(1) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1 to 16, 17(2), 18 to 37, 40, 42 to 65, 67 to 76 and 80 to 84 of Schedule 17, subject to the transitional provision for paragraph 21 in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order,

section 140(2) in so far as it relates to the repeals in the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951^[4], the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976^[5], the Rent Act 1977^[6], the Protection from Eviction Act 1977^[7], the Housing Act 1980^[8], the Local Government Act 1985^[9], the Housing Act 1985^[10] and to the repeals specified in Schedule 2 to this Order, subject, as the case may be, to the transitional provisions in that Schedule.

Nicholas Ridley

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

8th December 1988

[1] 1988 c. 50. back

[2] 1988 c. 43. back

[3] 1985 c. 69; section 36A was inserted by section 49 of the Housing Act 1988 back

[4] 1951 c. 65. back

[5] 1976 c. 80. back

[6] 1977 c. 42. back

[7] 1977 c. 43. back

[8] 1980 c. 51. back

[9] 1985 c. 51. back

[10] 1985 c. 68. back

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