Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Jurisdiction of Residential Property Tribunals) (England) Order 2011 and comes into force on 30th April 2011.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1983 Act” means the Mobile Homes Act 1983(1); and

“the commencement date” means the day on which this Order comes into force.

(1)

1983 c.34. The 1983 Act extends to England and Wales and Scotland. It has been substantially amended, in relation to England and Wales, by sections 206 to 208 of the Housing Act 2004 and section 318 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, in relation to England by S.I. 2006/1755. By the time this Order comes into force, the 1983 Act will also have been amended in relation to certain agreements for England by the Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment of Schedule 1 and Consequential Amendments) (England) Order 2011 (S.I 2011/1003) and the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments to the Mobile Homes Act 1983) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1004).