# The Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 7 and Savings) Order 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
Article 2 of this Order brings into force, on 28th February 1997, the following provisions of the Housing Act 1996 (subject to the savings in the Schedule to the Order)—
section 96, to the extent that it is not already in force;
sections 97 to 104 (assured tenancies);
sections 148 to 151 (repossession: assured tenancies); and
section 227, in so far as it relates to the repeals in Part IV of Schedule 19 (assured tenancies).
The amendments to sections 8 and 21(1) and (4) of and Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988 made by the provisions commenced in the Order are subject to the savings in the Schedule to the Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/225/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-commencement-no-7-and-savings-order-1997/note
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