Explanatory note

Article 2(2) of this Order brings into force, on 1st October 1996, the following provisions of the Housing Act 1996 (subject to the savings in the Schedule to the Order)—

• section 84 (right to appoint surveyor to advise on matters relating to service charges),

• section 88 (period after which acquisition order may be made),

• sections 89 to 93 (right of first refusal),

• section 105 (enfranchisement and lease extension collective enfranchisement and right to acquire new lease: nil rateable values),

• sections 107 to 109 (collective enfranchisement: multiple freeholders, removal of need for professional valuation requirement and valuation principles),

• sections 111 to 117 (collective enfranchisement and right to acquire new lease: trusts and miscellaneous amendments), and

• section 227 in so far as it relates to the repeals specified in article 3(2).

Article 2(1) brings into force, on 23 August 1996, a number of other provisions of the Housing Act 1996 conferring a power to make orders, regulations or rules.