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Provisions coming into force on 6th April 2014

2.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (6), the following provisions of the 2007 Act, so far as not already in force, come into force on 6th April 2014—

(a)sections 62 to 89(1);

(b)Schedules 12 to 14(2) and Parts 3 and 4 of Schedule 23.

(2) Section 85 does not come into force in relation to licences to occupy land as commercial premises.

(3) Land is licensed to be occupied as commercial premises if none of the land to be occupied and nothing on it is either—

(a)licensed, or otherwise permitted, to be occupied as a dwelling; or

(b)occupied as a dwelling.

(4) Land is licensed, or otherwise permitted, to be occupied as a dwelling if it is licensed or otherwise permitted to be occupied on terms permitting—

(a)only occupation as a dwelling; or

(b)other use or occupation combined with occupation as a dwelling.

(5) Land is not within paragraph (3)(a) if permitting occupation as a dwelling is a breach of a superior licence or lease.

(6) Land is not within paragraph (3)(b) if occupying it as a dwelling is a breach of the licence or of a superior licence or lease.

(1)

Section 64 is amended by the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22), section 17(5), Schedule 9, Part 2, paragraphs 45, 46 and Part 3, paragraph 52.

(2)

Schedule 12 is amended by the Finance Act 2008 (c.9) section 129 and Schedule 43, Part 1, paragraph 10, and the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22), sections 17(5) and 25 and Schedule 9, Part 3, paragraph 52. Schedule 13 is amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4), section 59 and Schedule 11, Part 1, paragraph 1; the Serious Crime Act 2007 (c.27) section 92 and Schedule 14; the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c.6), section 62; the Finance Act 2008 (c.9) section 129 and Schedule 43, Part 1, paragraph 11; the Employment Act 2008 (c.24), section 20 and Schedule, Part 2; the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5) section 147 and Schedule 14, Part 1, and the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22) sections 17(5) and 25 and Schedule 9, Part 3, paragraphs 52, 156.