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The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2009

W.S.I. 2009/773 · Made 23 March 2009

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HOUSING, WALES

Made 23 March 2009

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 325(3) and (4) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008f1, make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2008 c. 17.

Contents

  1. 1Title, application and interpretation
  2. 2Commencement
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title, application and interpretation

(1)

The title of this Order is the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2009.

(2)

This Order applies in relation to Wales.

(3)

In this Order “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 and “the commencement date” (“y dyddiad cychwyn”) means 30 March 2009.

2Commencement

Section 315 (armed forces: local connection test) comes into force on the commencement date in relation to applications—

(i)

for an allocation of housing accommodation, to which section 166 of the Housing Act 1996f1 applies; or

(ii)

to which Part VII (homelessness), as applied by section 183(1) (application for assistance) of that Act, applies,

made on or after the commencement date.

Signature

Jocelyn Davies

Under authority of the Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, one of the Welsh Ministers

23 March 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is the first Commencement Order made under the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 in relation to Wales.

Article 2 brings into force section 315 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 on 30 March 2009.