http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/22/part/9Housing and Planning Act 2016An Act to make provision about housing, estate agents, rentcharges, planning and compulsory purchase.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-03-18Expert Participation2026-03-11 PART 9 GeneralPower to make transitional provision212The Secretary of State may by regulations make transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act.Power to make consequential provision2131The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision that is consequential on any provision made by this Act.2Regulations under this section may amend, repeal or revoke any provision made by or under an Act passed or made before this Act or in the same Session.Regulations: general2141Regulations under this Act are to be made by statutory instrument.2A statutory instrument containing—aregulations under section 2, 3(6), 4 or 5,bregulations under section 14,cregulations under section 69(8),dregulations under section 74(9),ethe first regulations under section 80,fregulations under section 85 that amend or repeal a provision of an Act,gregulations under section 93,hregulations under section 102 or paragraph 45 of Schedule 5,iregulations under section 122,jregulations under section 133, 134, or 135,kregulations under section 154(1),lregulations under section 161 that make provision of the kind referred to in section 161(3), (5), (6) or (12)(b), section 163 or section 164,mregulations under section 205(2),nregulations under section 213 that amend or repeal a provision of an Act, ororegulations under paragraph 8 of Schedule 15 that amend or repeal a provision of an Act,(whether alone or together with other provision) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.3Any other statutory instrument containing regulations under this Act is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.4Subsection (3) does not apply to a statutory instrument that only contains regulations under section 212 or 216.5If a draft of regulations under section 69(8), 154 or 161 would, apart from this subsection, be treated as a hybrid instrument for the purposes of the Standing Orders of either House of Parliament, it is to proceed in that House as if it were not a hybrid instrument.6Regulations under this Act may make—aconsequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional or saving provision;bdifferent provision for different purposes.Extent2151An amendment or repeal made by this Act has the same extent as the provision amended or repealed.2Chapter 5 of Part 4 and this Part extend to—aEngland and Wales,bScotland, andcNorthern Ireland.3Sections 207 and 208 extend to—aEngland and Wales, andbScotland.4Subject to that, this Act extends to England and Wales only.Commencement2161The following come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—athis Part;bChapter 2 of Part 4;csections 136 and 137 and Schedule 10;dsections 139, 140, 149, 151, 152(1) and 157;esections 161 to 168.2The following come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed—asection 124;bsection 130;csections 150(1) to (3) and 153.3The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint.4Different days may be appointed for different purposes.5In respect of sections 181 and 183, and Schedule 15, different days may be appointed for different areas.Short title217This Act may be cited as the Housing and Planning Act 2016.