EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is the seventh commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (“the Act”).

This Order brings those provisions listed in article 2 into force on 23 November 2016.

Article 2(2) brings into force the following provisions of Part 1 of the Act: sections 4, 9, 11, 13, 28, 30 to 33, 35, 43 and 44 and the following provisions for all remaining purposes: sections 5 to 8, 10, 12, 29, 34, 40 to 42 and 46.

Paragraph (3) of article 2 brings section 75(3) of Part 2 of the Act into force. Paragraph (4) brings section 129 of Part 4 of the Act into force. Paragraph (5) brings section 131(1), (2), (3) and (4)(a) and (b) of Part 5 of the Act into force and paragraph (6) brings section 138 of Part 6 of the Act into force.