Commencement
2.—(1) The following provisions of the 2004 Act shall come into force on the first commencement date—
(a)in so far as they are not already in force(), sections 1, 3 to 8, 10 to 52, 54, 55, 58 to 71, 75 to 78, 82 to 94, 98 to 133, 135 to 147, 232, 235, 236, 238 to 243 and Schedules 1 to 7;
(b)in section 72, subsections (2), (3), (5), (6) and (7);
(c)in section 95, subsections (2), (4) and (6);
(d)section 265(1) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 2 to 6, 8 to 36 and 38 to 44 of Schedule 15 (minor and consequential amendments);
(e)section 266 in so far as it relates to the repeals in—
(i)the Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1968();
(ii)the Land Compensation Act 1973();
(iii)the Civil Aviation Act 1982();
(iv)the Mobile Homes Act 1983();
(v)the 1985 Act;
(vi)the Housing Associations Act 1985();
(vii)the Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985();
(viii)the Airports Act 1986();
(ix)the Housing Act 1988();
(x)the Electricity Act 1989();
(xi)the Local Government and Housing Act 1989();
(xii)the Housing Act 1996();
(xiii)the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996(); and
(xiv)the Transport Act 2000().
(2) The following provisions of the 2004 Act shall come into force on the second commencement date—
(a)sections 73 and 96; and
(b)in so far as they are not already in force, sections 72, 74, 95, 97 and 134.