The Housing and Planning Act 1986 (Commencement No. 11) Order 1988

Made18th February 1988

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 57(2) of the Housing and Planning Act 19861, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (Commencement No. 11) Order 1988.

2

Section 6 (consultation before disposal to private sector landlord) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 shall come into force on 11th March 1988.

Nicholas RidleySecretary of State for the Environment16th February 1988

Peter WalkerSecretary of State for Wales18th February 1988

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 11th March 1988 section 6 of and Schedule 1 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986, which insert a new section 106A and Schedule 3A in the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68).

The new provisions require a local authority proposing to dispose of dwellings subject to secure tenancies (within Part IV of the 1985 Act), and the Secretary of State when considering whether to consent to such a disposal (under sections 32 or 43 of that Act), to have regard to the views of tenants liable as a result of the disposal to cease to be secure tenants. The Secretary of State’s consent is to be withheld if it appears to him that a majority of the tenants concerned are opposed to the disposal.

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order—

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I.No.
sections 1 to 4	7th January 1987	1986/2262
sections 10 to 14
sections 16 and 17
sections 19 and 20
sections 22 and 23
section 24 (partially)
Part III (ss.27 to 29)
Part VI (partially)
section 49 (partially)	2nd March 1987	1987/304
section 40	1st April 1987	1987/348
section 49(2) (partially)
section 9	13th May 1987	1987/754
section 24(1) (partially)	1st September 1987	1987/1554
sections 26, 50 and 51	1st October 1987	1987/1607
section 25	2nd November 1987	1987/1759
section 41
section 49(1) (partially)
section 49(2) (partially)
section 18 (partially)	11th December 1987	1987/1939
section 24 (partially)
Part V
section 15	17th February 1988	1987/2277
section 24(1) (partially)