(1)This Act may be cited as the Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954.
(2)This Act shall come into operation on the expiration of the period of one month beginning with the date on which it is passed.
(3)This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
(4)The enactments and regulations mentioned in the Fifth Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule:
Provided that this subsection has effect subject to subsection (7) of section six of this Act and to subsection (2) of section twenty-seven thereof.