The Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996

Coming into force

3.  Subject to the transitional provisions and savings in the Schedule to this Order, the following provisions of the 1996 Act shall come into force on 1st October 1996—

• section 1,

• section 2 to the extent that it is not already in force,

• section 3 to the extent that it is not already in force,

• section 4,

• section 6,

• section 7 to the extent that it is not already in force,

• section 8,

• section 9 to the extent that it is not already in force,

• sections 10 to 15 inclusive,

• sections 22 and 23,

• sections 30 to 34 inclusive,

• section 36(7),

• sections 37 to 50 inclusive,

• section 55(1) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1(1) to (4), 2 to 5 inclusive, 7 (to the extent it is not already in force), 8, 10 and 11 of Schedule 3,

• section 76,

• section 77,

• section 80(3),

• section 129(3) and (4),

• section 135,

• section 138(4) to (6),

• section 139,

• section 140,

• section 141(2) and (3),

• section 142,

• section 143,

• section 160(4) and (5),

• section 165(1), (2) and (5),

• section 167(3) to (5),

• section 169,

• section 172,

• section 174,

• section 177(3),

• section 182,

• section 183(2),

• section 189(2) to (4),

• section 199(5),

• section 203(1), (2) and (7),

• section 210(2),

• section 215,

• section 217,

• section 218,

• section 222 in so far as it relates to paragraphs of Schedule 18 not already in force, and section 227 in so far as it relates to—

  (a)

  Part I of Schedule 19,

  (b)

  Part IX of that Schedule except for the repeal in section 79(2)(a) of the 1988 Act, and

  (c)

  Parts X to XIII of that Schedule.