Explanatory note

This Order brings into force on the 9th October 1979 certain minor and consequential amendments and repeals made by section 130 of the Housing Act 1974 (“the 1974 Act”), which relate to clearance orders made by a local authority under Part III of the Housing Act 1957. The power of a local authority to make further clearance orders was removed by section 108 of the 1974 Act.

The savings made in Schedule 2 to the Order preserve the powers available to a local authority under existing clearance orders.