The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1989

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1989.

2.  In this Order “the Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

3.  The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 16th January 1990—

• section 18,

• section 20,

• section 22,

• section 31,

• Part IV, subject to the transitional provisions in Schedule 1 to this Order,

• section 99,

• section 137,

• section 138,

• section 160,

• section 162,

• section 165(1) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 56(1) and (2) of Schedule 9 and, for the purposes only of section 369 of the Housing Act 1985(1), paragraph 44 of that Schedule,

• section 167 and 168,

• section 171,

• section 172(6), (7) and (8),

• section 175,

• section 180,

• section 182,

• section 194 in so far as it relates to paragraphs 28(4), 35(4), 37, 42, 49, 53(1), 58, 77 to 84, 89, 103, 107 and 109 to 112 of Schedule 11 and to the repeals in Part II of Schedule 12 specified in Schedule 2 to this Order, and

• paragraphs 49(3), 60 and 63 of Schedule 5.

4.  So much of the following provisions of the Act as confers on the Secretary of State a power to make orders, regulations or determinations, to give or make directions, to specify matters, to require information, to impose conditions or to give guidance or approvals, or makes provision with respect to the exercise of any such power, shall come into force on 16th January 1990—

• section 9,

• section 13,

• section 14,

• section 15,

• section 17,

• section 19,

• section 30,

• sections 33 to 36,

• sections 67 to 72,

• sections 89 to 92,

• sections 95 and 96,

• section 98,

• section 102,

• section 104,

• sections 109 and 110,

• section 115,

• section 121,

• section 127,

• section 130 to 132

• section 165(1) in so far as it relates to paragraph 84 of Schedule 9, and

• section 194 in so far as it relates to paragraphs 28(3), 35(3) and 88 of Schedule 11.

5.  The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st March 1990—

• section 1(1) to (4), (7) and (8),

• section 172 in so far as it is not brought into force by article 3, and

• section 173.

Chris Patten

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

20th December 1989