Welsh Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 266 (W. 99) (C. 15)
Housing, Wales
The Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2016
Made 1 March 2016

The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 145(3) of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014.
2014 anaw 7.

Title and interpretation
1. (1) The title of this Order is the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2016.
(2) In this Order “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Housing (Wales) Act 2014.

Appointed day
2. The appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 16 March 2016—
(a) section 103 (duty to meet assessed needs);
(b) section 104 (failure to comply with duty under section 103).
Lesley Griffiths
Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty, one of the Welsh Ministers
1 March 2016

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This is the sixth commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (“the Act”).
This Order brings into force on 16 March 2016 Part 3 of the Act insofar as it is not already in force, namely sections 103 and 104 of the Act.
Section 101 of the Act requires a local housing authority to carry out assessments of the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers residing in or resorting to its area. This Order brings into force section 103, which requires a local housing authority in Wales to exercise its power under section 56 of the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 (power of authorities to provide sites for mobile homes) so far as necessary to meet the needs identified in the local housing authority’s approved assessment of accommodation needs carried out under section 101.
Section 104 gives the Welsh Ministers power to direct a local housing authority to exercise its powers under section 56 of the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 so far as necessary to meet the needs identified in the local housing authority’s approved assessment, where the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that a local housing authority has failed to comply with its duty under section 103 of the Act. A local housing authority must comply with such a direction given to it.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force to the extent noted below by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.
Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I.No.
Section 1	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Section 2 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 2 (for remaining purposes)	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Section 3 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 3 (for remaining purposes)	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Section 5 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 6 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 7 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 8 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 10 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 12 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 14 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 14 (for remaining purposes)	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Section 15 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 15 (for remaining purposes)	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Section 16 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 16 (for remaining purposes)	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Sections 17 and 18	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Section 19 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 19 (for remaining purposes)	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Section 20 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 20 (for remaining purposes)	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Section 21 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 21 (for remaining purposes)	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Section 22	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Section 23 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 23 (for remaining purposes)	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Sections 24 to 27	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Section 29 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 34 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Sections 36 to 39	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Section 40 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 41 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 42 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 45	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Section 46 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Sections 47 and 48	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Section 49 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 49 (for remaining purposes)	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Section 50 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 50 (for remaining purposes)	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Sections 51 to 56	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 57 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 57 (for remaining purposes)	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 58	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 59 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 59 (for remaining purposes)	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Sections 60 to 63	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 64 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 64 (for remaining purposes)	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Sections 65 to 71	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 72 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 72 (for remaining purposes)	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 73	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 74	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 75(1), (2) and (4)	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Sections 76 and 77	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 78 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 78(2) (partially)	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 78 (for remaining purposes)	1 July 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 79	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 80 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 80 (for remaining purposes)	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 81 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 81 (for remaining purposes)	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Sections 82 to 85	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 86 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 86 (for remaining purposes)	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Sections 87 to 94	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 95 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 95 (for remaining purposes)	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Sections 96 and 97	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 98 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 98 (for remaining purposes)	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 99 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 99 (for remaining purposes)	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Section 100	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Sections 101 and 102	25 February 2015	2015/380 (W. 39)
Section 105	25 February 2015	2015/380 (W. 39)
Section 106 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 106 (for remaining purposes)	25 February 2015	2015/380 (W. 39)
Sections 107 to 110	25 February 2015	2015/380 (W. 39)
Sections 111 to 128	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 130	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 131 (4)(c)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 137	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 139	16 December 2015	2015/2046 (W. 310)
Sections 140 and 141	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Section 144	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Schedule 1	23 November 2015	2015/1826 (W. 266)
Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (partially)	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Schedule 2 (for remaining purposes)	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Part 1 of Schedule 3	27 April 2015	2015/1272 (W. 88)
Part 2 of Schedule 3	25 February 2015	2015/380 (W. 39)
Part 3 of Schedule 3	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
Part 4 of Schedule 3	16 December 2015.	2015/2046 (W. 310)
Part 5 of Schedule 3	1 December 2014	2014/3127 (W. 316)
See also section 145(1) of the Act for the provisions which came into force on the day the Act received Royal Assent and section 145(2) for those provisions which came into force 2 months after the Act received Royal Assent.