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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2402",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-1996",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note does not form part of the Order)\nArticle 2 of this Order brings into force on the 24th September 1996 the following provisions of the Housing Act 1996—\nsections 219 and 220 (directions as to certain charges by social landlords),\nparagraph 30 of Schedule 18 and the related repeal in Part XIV of Schedule 19 (amendments relating to the Residuary Body for Wales) together with sections 222 and 227 in so far as they relate to that paragraph.\nArticle 3 brings into force on 1st October 1996 subject to the transitional provisions and savings in the Schedule the following provisions of the Act—\nIn Part I—\nsections 1 to 15 (registration of social landlords and disposal of their land) (sections 2, 3, 7 and 9 have already been partially commenced),\nsection 22 (assistance from local authorities),\nsection 23 (loans by the Public Works Board),\nsections 30 to 34 (provisions regarding information and standards of performance),\nsection 36(7) (guidance),\nsections 37 and 38 (powers of entry),\nsections 39 to 50 (insolvency etc. of registered social landlords),\nsection 55(1) and Schedule 3 (partially) (minor and consequential amendments).\nIn Part II—\nsections 76, 77 and 80(3) (powers for the Secretary of State to make orders).\nIn Part V—\nsections 129(3) and (4), 135, 141(2) and (3) and 142 (powers for the Secretary of State to make regulations and orders),\nsection 138(4) to (6) (powers for the Lord Chancellor to make rules and directions),\nsections 139, 140 and 143 (definitions and an index of defined expressions).\nIn Part VI—\nsections 160(4) and (5), 165(1), (2) and (5), 167(3) to (5), 169 and 172 (powers for the Secretary of State to make regulations and give guidance),\nsection 174 (index of defined expressions).\nIn Part VII—\nsections 177(3), 182, 189(2) to (4), 199(5), 203(1), (2) and (7), 210(2) and 215 (powers for the Secretary of State to make regulations and orders and give guidance),\nsections 183(2), 217 and 218 (definitions and an index of defined expressions).\nIn Part VIII—\nsection 222 and Schedule 18 (to the extent not already in force),\nsection 227 (repeals related to provisions of the Act commenced).\nArticles 4 and 5 bring into force on 1st October 1996 certain other provisions in so far as they confer a power to consult, to make determinations, directions, orders or regulations or prepare schemes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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