The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2010

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2010.

(2) This Order comes into force on the day section 111 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (register) comes into force.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the 1996 Act” means the Housing Act 1996(1);

“the 2008 Act” means the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;

“the 2008 Order” means the Transfer of Housing Corporation Functions (Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008(2);

“the commencement date” means the day on which this Order comes into force; and

“English registered social landlord”, in relation to times, circumstances or purposes before the commencement date, means any person who, at the time in question—

(i)

is a registered social landlord within the meaning of Part 1 of the 1996 Act as it then has effect and does not fall within section 56(2) of that Act as it then has effect, or

(ii)

has a corresponding registration under an earlier enactment.

(2) References in this Order to words in an enactment which are being amended or repealed by the Order are references to the words in the text of the enactment (and therefore do not describe any non-textual modification of that enactment made by the 2008 Order or any other provision).

(3) References in this Order to repeals include revocations.

Extent

3.  An amendment or repeal made by this Order has the same extent as the enactment to which it relates.

Consequential amendments

4.  The enactments specified in Schedule 1 to this Order have effect with the amendments specified.

Transitional and saving provisions

5.  The amendments and repeals made by this Order have effect subject to the transitional and saving provisions in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Repeals

6.—(1) The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Order are repealed to the extent specified.

(2) The 2008 Order is revoked subject to the transitional and saving provisions in this Order and in an order under section 321 or 325 of the 2008 Act.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Ian Austin

Parliamentary under Secretary of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

8th March 2010