# The Housing Act 1996 (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Order 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note does not form part of the Order)
This Order amends various statutory provisions in consequence of the Housing Act 1996.
Paragraph 1 of the Schedule amends the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 in consequence of the coming into force of section 22 of the 1996 Act, which concerns assistance by local authorities to registered social landlords.
Paragraphs 2 to 7 of the Schedule amend the following Acts in consequence of the introduction of the right to acquire for tenants of registered social landlords under Part I of the 1996 Act and, in the case of the amendment in paragraph 3(4), in consequence of the coming into force of section 18 of the 1996 Act and the social housing grants regime under that Part: the Consumer Credit Act 1974, the Housing Act 1985, the Landlord and Tenant Acts 1985 and 1987, the Housing Act 1988 and the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/627/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996-consequential-amendments-no-2-order-1997/note
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