(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order appoints the days on which the provisions of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (“the Act”) are to come into force.
Articles 3 and 4 of the Order provide that the provisions of the Act which are specified in Schedules 1 and 2 are to come into force respectively on 1st December 1988 and 2nd January 1989, subject to any restrictions specified in the Schedules.
Article 5 of the Order brings into force on 1st April 1989 the provisions of the Act so far as they are not then in force.