1. This Order may be cited as the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (Repeal of Local Enactments) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997.
2. The enactments specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in column 2.
3. Where any work has been commenced, notice given or other action taken in accordance with any enactment mentioned in the Schedule to this Order, that enactment shall continue to apply to that work, or the work to which the notice or other action relates, notwithstanding the repeal effected by Article 2 above.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
James Clappison
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment
6th March 1997