Article 2 Prescribed period of time Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below: art. 2 omitted by Housing (Empty Dwelling Management Orders) (Prescribed Period of Time and Prescribed Requirements) 2026 art. 3 For the purposes of section 134(2)(a) of the Act, the prescribed period of time is 2 years. ← Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 →