1Overview
1
This section gives an overview of the main provisions of this Act.
2
Section 2 restricts the exercise of the right to buy pending its abolition (for which see section 6); and section 3 provides for exceptions to that restriction.
3
Section 4 restricts the exercise of the right to acquire pending its abolition (for which see section 6); and section 5 provides for an exception to that restriction.
4
Section 6 provides for the right to buy and the right to acquire to cease to exist in Wales.
5
Section 7 removes the Welsh Ministers' power to make grants to registered social landlords, and private registered providers of social housing, in respect of discounts given to tenants who purchase their dwellings.
6
Section 8—
a
requires the Welsh Ministers to provide landlords and other interested persons with information about changes to the law made by this Act, and
b
requires landlords to inform their tenants about those changes.
7
Sections 9, 10, 11 and 12 contain general provisions about the Act; the effect of section 11 is that—
a
section 8 (provision of information) comes into force on Royal Assent,
b
sections 2 to 5 (restricting the exercise of rights) come into force two months after Royal Assent, and
c
sections 6 and 7 (abolition of rights etc.) may be brought into force by an order made by statutory instrument no earlier than twelve months after Royal Assent.