The Homelessness (Decisions on Referrals) Order 1998

Revocation of order

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Housing (Homeless Persons) (Appropriate Arrangements) Order 1978(1) (“the 1978 Order”) is hereby revoked.

(2) The 1978 Order shall remain in force for any case where a notified authority has received a notification under section 67(1) of the Housing Act 1985(2) or section 198(1) of the Housing Act 1996 (referral to another local housing authority) prior to the date on which this Order comes into force.

(1)

S.I. 1978/69.

(2)

The repeal of Part III of the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68), which includes section 67, commenced by the Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/2959 (C.88)) does not, by virtue of paragraph 1 of the Schedule to that Order, apply to applicants under Part III of the Housing Act 1985 whose applications were made before 20th January 1997.