The landlord must not later than 6 months after the commencement of section 12 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 publish a statement of the policy and procedures prepared under subsection (2).

The landlord must from time to time keep the policy and procedures under review and, when it thinks appropriate, publish a revised statement.

Housing-related anti-social conduct has the same meaning as in section 153A.

Relevant Authority has the same meaning as in Part 1.

A direction shall not require the waiver or reduction of charges by reference to assistance for which application was made before the date on which the direction was given, but subject to that directions may relate to past charges or works to such extent as appears to the Secretary of State to be appropriate.

In this section “assistance” means grant or other financial assistance of any kind; and directions may specify what assistance is relevant for the purposes of this section, and to what buildings or other land any assistance is to be regarded as relevant.

The provisions of section 220 supplement this section.

Directions under section 219 requiring the reduction of a service charge may specify the amount (or proportion) of the reduction or provide for its determination in such manner as may be specified.

Directions under section 219 permitting the waiver or reduction of a service charge may specify criteria to which the social landlord is to have regard in deciding whether to do so or to what extent.

The Secretary of State shall publish any direction under section 219 relating to all social landlords or any description of social landlords in such manner as he considers appropriate for bringing it to the notice of the landlords concerned.

The relevant costs are the costs or estimated costs incurred or to be incurred by or on behalf of the social landlord, or a superior landlord, in connection with the matters for which the service charge is payable.

For this purpose costs are relevant costs in relation to a service charge whether they are incurred, or to be incurred, in the period for which the service charge is payable or in an earlier or later period.

In this section—

• “costs” includes overheads, and

• “dwelling” means a building or part of a building occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling.

Any power to which this section applies may be exercised in relation to an interest in Crown land which is for the time being held otherwise than by or on behalf of the Crown, but only with the consent of the appropriate authority.

If any question arises as to what authority is the appropriate authority in relation to any land, that question shall be referred to the Treasury, whose decision shall be final.

Where an offence under this Act committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or a person purporting to act in such a capacity, he as well as the body corporate is guilty of an offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.

The Common Council of the City of London may appoint a committee, consisting of so many persons as they think fit, for any purposes of this Act which in their opinion may be better regulated and managed by means of a committee.

A person is not, by reason only of the fact that he occupies a house at a rental from the Common Council, disqualified from being elected or being a member of that Council or any committee of that Council; but no person shall vote as a member of that Council, or any such committee, on a resolution or question which is proposed or arises in pursuance of this Act and relates to land in which he is beneficially interested.

A person who votes in contravention of subsection (3) commits a summary offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale; but the fact of his giving the vote does not invalidate any resolution or proceeding of the authority.

This Act applies to the Isles of Scilly subject to such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as the Secretary of State may by order direct.

An order shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

There shall be paid out of the National Loans Fund any increase attributable to this Act in the sums so payable under any other enactment.

Any sums received by the Secretary of State under this Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

In this Act “lease” and “tenancy” have the same meaning.

The expressions “lessor” and “lessee” and “landlord” and “tenant”, and references to letting, to the grant of a lease or to covenants or terms, shall be construed accordingly.

The provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales, and only to England and Wales, subject as follows.

The following provisions also extend to Scotland—

• Part IV (housing benefit and related matters), and

• the provisions of this Part so far as relating to Part IV.

Section 226 (power to make corresponding provision for Northern Ireland) also extends to Northern Ireland.

Any power conferred by this Act to make consequential amendments or repeals of enactments may be exercised in relation to enactments as they extend to any part of the United Kingdom.

The following provisions of this Act come into force on Royal Assent—

• section 110 (new leases: valuation principles),

• section 120 (payment of housing benefit to third parties), and

• sections 223 to 226 and 228 to 233 (general provisions).

The following provisions of this Act come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which this Act is passed—

• sections 81 and 82 (restriction on termination of tenancy for failure to pay service charge),

• section 85 (appointment of manager by the court),

• section 94 (provision of general legal advice about residential tenancies),

• section 95 (jurisdiction of county courts),

• section 221 (exercise of compulsory purchase powers in relation to Crown land),

• paragraph 24 (powers of local housing authorities to acquire land for housing purposes), paragraph 26 (preserved right to buy) and paragraphs 27 to 29 of Schedule 18 (local authority assistance in connection with mortgages), and

• sections 222 and 227, and Schedule 19 (consequential repeals), in so far as they relate to those paragraphs.

The other provisions of this Act come into force on a day appointed by order of the Secretary of State, and different days may be appointed for different areas and different purposes.

An order under subsection (3) shall be made by statutory instrument and may contain such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate.