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Commencement of certain provisions of Part 2 relating to the regulation of social housing

3.—(1) The following provisions of Part 2 of the Act shall come into force on the commencement date—

(2) The provisions of Schedule 9 referred to in paragraph (1) and coming into force on the commencement date are paragraphs 1, 2(1) and (2), 3(1) and (2), and 28(1) and (2).

(3) Paragraph (4) applies, for the purpose of giving effect to sections 112(4), 127(6), 174(5), 196(1), 197(4), and 216, until—

(a)the regulator has set criteria for registration in exercise of the power conferred by section 112(3), and

(b)a register of providers of social housing has been established in accordance with Chapter 3,

and in paragraph (4), the day when these conditions are satisfied is called the registration date.

(4) A requirement, in any of the provisions mentioned in paragraph (3), to consult one or more bodies appearing to the regulator (or, in the case of section 197(4), to the Secretary of State) to represent the interests of registered providers, may be satisfied instead by consulting one or more bodies so appearing to represent the interests of English bodies which may become eligible for registration on or after the registration date.