Appointed day

2.—(1) The appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 23 November 2016.

(2) In Part 1 (Regulation of private rented housing)—

(a) section 4 (requirement for a landlord to be registered);

(b) section 5 (exceptions to the requirement for a landlord to be registered) for all remaining purposes;

(c) section 6 (requirement for landlords to be licensed to carry out lettings activities) for all remaining purposes;

(d) section 7 (requirement for landlords to be licensed to carry out property management activities) for all remaining purposes;

(e) section 8 (exceptions to requirements for landlords to be licensed) for all remaining purposes;

(f) section 9 (requirement for agents to be licensed to carry out lettings work);

(g) section 10 (meaning of lettings work) for all remaining purposes;

(h) section 11 (requirement for agents to be licensed to carry out property management work);

(i) section 12 (meaning of property management work) for all remaining purposes;

(j) section 13 (offence of appointing an unlicensed agent);

(k) section 28 (prosecution by a licensing authority or a local housing authority);

(l) section 29 (fixed penalty notices) for all remaining purposes;

(m) section 30 (rent stopping orders);

(n) section 31 (revocation of rent stopping orders);

(o) section 32 (rent repayment orders);

(p) section 33 (rent repayment orders: further provision);

(q) section 34 (power for Welsh Ministers to make regulations in relation to sections 32 and 33) for all remaining purposes;

(r) section 35 (offences by bodies corporate);

(s) section 40 (code of practice) for all remaining purposes;

(t) section 41 (guidance) for all remaining purposes;

(u) section 42 (directions) for all remaining purposes;

(v) section 43 (activity in contravention of this Part: effect on tenancy agreements);

(w) section 44 (restriction on terminating tenancies); and

(x) section 46 (regulations about fees) for all remaining purposes.

(3) In Part 2 of the Act (Homelessness), section 75(3) (duty to secure accommodation for applicants in priority need when the duty in section 73 ends).

(4) In Part 4 of the Act (Standards for social housing), section 129 (application of duties relating to service charges to local authority tenancies).

(5) In Part 5 of the Act (Housing finance), section 131(1), (2), (3), (4)(a) and (b) (abolition of Housing Revenue Account subsidy).

(6) In Part 6 of the Act (Allowing fully mutual housing associations to grant assured tenancies), section 138 (amendment of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988).