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Housing and Planning Act 2016

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The provisions about extent, commencement and short title of this Act, together with the powers conferred by the Act to make secondary legislation to make saving, transitory or transitional provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision of the Act, came into force on the day on which it was passed . Chapter 2 of Part 4, sections 136, 137, schedule 10, sections 139, 140, 149, 151, 152(1), 157, and sections 161 to 168 come into force on the day on which this Act was passed. Section 124, 130, 150(1) to 150(3), and 153 come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning on the day on which this Act is passed. Other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint.