Appointed day
2.—(1) The appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 23 November 2016.
(2) In Part 1 (Regulation of private rented housing)—
(a)section 4 (requirement for a landlord to be registered);
(b)section 5 (exceptions to the requirement for a landlord to be registered) for all remaining purposes;
(c)section 6 (requirement for landlords to be licensed to carry out lettings activities) for all remaining purposes;
(d)section 7 (requirement for landlords to be licensed to carry out property management activities) for all remaining purposes;
(e)section 8 (exceptions to requirements for landlords to be licensed) for all remaining purposes;
(f)section 9 (requirement for agents to be licensed to carry out lettings work);
(g)section 10 (meaning of lettings work) for all remaining purposes;
(h)section 11 (requirement for agents to be licensed to carry out property management work);
(i)section 12 (meaning of property management work) for all remaining purposes;
(j)section 13 (offence of appointing an unlicensed agent);
(k)section 28 (prosecution by a licensing authority or a local housing authority);
(l)section 29 (fixed penalty notices) for all remaining purposes;
(m)section 30 (rent stopping orders);
(n)section 31 (revocation of rent stopping orders);
(o)section 32 (rent repayment orders);
(p)section 33 (rent repayment orders: further provision);
(q)section 34 (power for Welsh Ministers to make regulations in relation to sections 32 and 33) for all remaining purposes;
(r)section 35 (offences by bodies corporate);
(s)section 40 (code of practice) for all remaining purposes;
(t)section 41 (guidance) for all remaining purposes;
(u)section 42 (directions) for all remaining purposes;
(v)section 43 (activity in contravention of this Part: effect on tenancy agreements);
(w)section 44 (restriction on terminating tenancies); and
(x)section 46 (regulations about fees) for all remaining purposes.
(3) In Part 2 of the Act (Homelessness), section 75(3) (duty to secure accommodation for applicants in priority need when the duty in section 73 ends).
(4) In Part 4 of the Act (Standards for social housing), section 129 (application of duties relating to service charges to local authority tenancies).
(5) In Part 5 of the Act (Housing finance), section 131(1), (2), (3), (4)(a) and (b) (abolition of Housing Revenue Account subsidy).
(6) In Part 6 of the Act (Allowing fully mutual housing associations to grant assured tenancies), section 138 (amendment of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988).