# The Housing Act 1974 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1974, Note: Explanatory note


This Order, which applies to England, Scotland and Wales, brings into operation on 20th August 1974 the following provisions of the Housing Act 1974 (“the Act of 1974”):—
Section 2 and Schedule 2 which relate to the control by the Housing Corporation of dispositions of land by housing associations.
Section 13 which relates to the register of housing associations.
Section 14 which relates to the establishment of the Housing Associations Registration Advisory Committee.
Section 117 which removes the time limit for completing certain works eligible for higher rates of grants or contributions under section 1 of the Housing Act 1971(1971 c. 76)>.
Sections 127 (Expenses and terms of payment of grants, etc.), 128 (Orders), 129 (Interpretation), and subsections (1) and (4) of section 130 (relating to amendments and repeals) in so far as they relate to the Land Compensation Act 1973 and the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973, and section 131 (Short title, citation, commencement and extent).
Paragraph 8 of Schedule 13, which amends Schedule 2 to the Land Compensation Act 1961(1961 c. 33).
Section 130(2) and paragraphs 38 to 45 of Schedule 13, which make amendments to the Land Compensation Act 1973 and the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 in relation to home loss payments, disturbance payments, the duty of local authorities to rehouse persons displaced and the power to defray expenses in connection with the acquisition of new dwellings, and Schedule 15 in so far as it relates to those Acts.
The Order brings into operation on 31st August 1974 Schedule 9 to the Act of 1974, which sets out the amendments to section 60 of the Housing Act 1957 ( (payments in respect of well-maintained houses) which have effect as provided in section 108(2) of the Act of 1974.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/1406/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1974-commencement-no-1-order-1974/note
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