The Housing Act 1988 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1992

Statutory Instruments

1992 No. 324 (C.6) (S.25)

HOUSING, SCOTLAND

The Housing Act 1988 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1992

Made

20th February 1992

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 141(2) of the Housing Act 1988(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Housing Act 1988 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1992.

2.  Sections 128 and 135 of, and Schedule 16 to, the Housing Act 1988 shall come into force on 21st February 1992.

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

20th February 1992

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 21st February 1992 sections 128 and 135 of and Schedule 16 to, the Housing Act 1988 which respectively add to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26)—

(a) a new section (section 81A) preserving a tenant’s right to buy on disposal of a house to a private sector landlord;

(b) another new section (section 81B) broadly to give effect to a new Schedule; and

(c) that new Schedule (Schedule 6A contained in Schedule 16) setting out the details of consultation before disposal of houses to a private sector landlord.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Section 46(1) and (2)	1 December 1988	1988/2056
Section 47(2)
Section 47(6) (partially)
Section 140(1)(partially)
Section 140(1)(partially)	2 January 1989	1988/2152
Section 140(2)(partially)
Section 49	15 January 1989	1988/2152
Section 57
Section 59(1)
Section 59(2) and (3) (partially)
Section 94
Section 106
Sections 111 to 114
Section 119
Section 140(1)(partially)
Section 140(2)(partially)
Section 122	10 March 1989	S.I. 1989/203
Section 124
Section 140(1)(partially)
Section 46 to 58	1 April 1989	1989/404
Section 59 (partially)
Section 129
Section 140(1) (partially)
Section 140(2) (partially)
Sections 93 to 114 (insofar as not already in force)	5 April 1989	1989/404
Section 127
Section 140(1) (partially)
Section 140(2) (partially)	1 April 1991	1991/954

(1)

1988 c. 50.