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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2010/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/862",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2010",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions: Parts 1 and 2",
  "text": "Subject to the transitional and saving provisions in the Schedule to this Order, the following provisions of the 2008 Act shall come into force on the commencement date—\nSection 4 (general powers of HCA), so far as it is not already in force\nSection 19 (financial assistance), so far as it is not already in force\nSection 31 (duties in relation to social housing)\nSections 32 and 33 (social housing), so far as they are not already in force\nSection 35 (recovery etc. of social housing assistance)\nSection 56 and Schedule 8 (consequential amendments), so far as they are not already in force\nSections 57 and 58 (interpretation), so far as they are not already in force\nSections 60 to 63 (preliminary)\nSection 64(3) (dissolution of Housing Corporation)\nSection 67 (transitional arrangements), so far as it is not already in force\nSections 68 to 71 (social housing: basic principle and definitions), so far as they are not already in force\nSections 73 to 80 (social housing stock, and other key concepts relating to the regulator), so far as they are not already in force\nSection 86 (fundamental objectives of the regulator), so far as it is not already in force\nSection 94 (studies)\nSection 95 (financial assistance) and sections 96 to 98 (powers of the regulator under Part 2), so far as they are not already in force\nSection 106 (direction to the HCA)\nSections 107 to 109 (information)\nSections 110 and 111 (registration)\nSection 112 (eligibility for registration), so far as it is not already in force\nSection 113 (local authority non-registrable bodies), so far as it is not already in force\nSection 115 (profit-making and non-profit organisations)\nSection 116 (entry), so far as it is not already in force\nSection 117 (fees), so far as it is not already in force\nSection 118 (compulsory de-registration)\nSection 119 (voluntary de-registration), so far as it is not already in force\nSections 120 and 121 (notice of, and appeals from, registration decisions)\nSections 122 to 126 (general provisions relating to registered providers)\nSection 127 (directions), so far as it is not already in force\nSections 128 to 130 (accounts)\nSection 131 (exempt companies: reporting accountant), so far as it is not already in force\nSection 132 (application of Companies Act)\nSection 133 (exempt companies: extraordinary audit)\nSection 134 (non-audited industrial and provident societies)\nSections 135 to 140 (audit of charities etc.)\nSections 141 and 142 (offences etc.)\nSection 143 (disclosure)\nSections 144 and 145 (insolvency), so far as they are not already in force\nSections 146 to 159 (insolvency)\nSections 160 to 169 (restructuring and dissolution)\nSections 170 to 173 (disposal of property)\nSection 174 (procedure), so far as it is not already in force\nSections 175 to 191 (disposal of property)\nSection 198 (supplemental), so far as it is not already in force\nSections 199 to 201 (surveys and inspections)\nSection 202 (inspections: supplemental), so far as it is not already in force\nSections 203 to 210 (monitoring)\nSection 211 (management and constitution)\nSection 212 (industrial and provident society: change of rules), so far as it is not already in force\nSection 213 (charities: change of objects)\nSection 214 (companies: change of articles), so far as it is not already in force\nSection 215 (use of intervention powers), so far as it is not already in force\nSection 217 (accreditation)\nSection 218 (exercise of enforcement powers)\nSections 219 to 227 (enforcement powers: enforcement notices)\nSection 228 (enforcement notices: imposition), so far as it is not already in force\nSections 229 to 233 (enforcement powers: penalty notices)\nSection 234 (penalty notices: enforcement), so far as it is not already in force\nSection 235 (penalty notices: appeal)\nSections 236 to 239 (enforcement powers: compensation notices)\nSection 240 (Compensation notices: award), so far as it is not already in force\nSections 241 to 243 (enforcement powers: compensation notices)\nSection 244 (compensation notices: enforcement), so far as it is not already in force\nSection 245 (compensation notices: appeal)\nSections 246 to 269 (management)\nSections 270 to 274 (Part 2: general)\nSections 275 and 276 (interpretation etc. of Part 2), so far as they are not already in force\nSection 277 (consequential amendments) and Schedule 9, so far as they are not already in force\nSection 278 (transitional).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}